Gilchrist-Fordney Co. v. Thigpen

Citations

• 114 Miss. 182
• 74 So. 823

Syllabus

<p>1. Loos and Logging. Timber deed. Description of land.</p> <p>A deed to the timber on fifty acres on the east half of the northeast quarter of section 10, township 1, north, range 10 east, is. void for uncertainty in description, as it would be impossible for any person to take this deed and from it alone, locate the timber or what particular timber was intended to be conveyed.</p> <p>2. Loas and Logging. Reservation of timber.</p> <p>In order to retain timber from a conveyance such reservation must be written in the deed.</p> <p>3. Injunction. Title to support action. Gutting timber.</p> <p>In a suit to enjoin cutting timber and for cancellation of defendant’s claim thereto, complainant must show title in itself and it cannot rely on the weakness of defendant’s title.</p>