Forsdick v. Tallahatchie County

Citations

• 76 Miss. 622

Syllabus

<p>School Lands. Lease. Evidence. ' Code, 1892, §4148.</p> <p>Possession of school land for twenty-five years under a deed of lease executed by the president and secretary, but not-by the five trustees on the township board, reciting full payment by the lessee, but not reciting that the five trustees leased the land at the request of a majority of the heads of families of the township, and that it was leased at the courthouse within the hours prescribed, and on six weeks’ notice, entitles the lessor to a valid deed and presents a good defense to the county’s bill for cancellation, under § 4148, code 1892. making possession for that period under a claim of right or title prima facie evidence of a compliance with the law in respect to such leases.</p>