Gilchrist-Fordney Co. v. Keyes

Citations

• 113 Miss. 742
• 74 So. 619

Syllabus

<p>1. Quieting Title. Necessity to show title.</p> <p>In a suit to confirm title, in order to entitle complainant to the relief sought, it must deraign a good title and prevail upon the strength of its own title. The bill must present a perfect de-raignment of title.</p> <p>2. Counties. Board of supervisors. Timber deed. Sufficiency.</p> <p>It takes an affirmative act of the board of supervisors within the scope of its authority, evidenced by an entry on its minutes to bind the county by a contract, hence a timber deed executed by individual members of the board, unsupported by previous order entered upon the minutes evidencing the contract is a nullity.</p> <p>3. Counties. Board of supervisors. Conveyance of timber on 'school land.</p> <p>The statutory jurisdiction of the board of supervisors to' sell merchantable timber on sixteenth section school lands, must be exercised in county meeting, where negotiations may be had and all objections heard and a safe contract agreed upon.</p>