Hiawannee Lumber Co. v. McPhearson

Citations

• 95 Miss. 589
• 49 So. 741

Syllabus

<p>Evidence. Land office receipts and certificates. Code 1906, § 1959. Public lands. Homestead entries from United States.</p> <p>Under Code 1906, § 1959, providing that all certificates issued in pursuance of any act of Congress by a register of any United States land office based on any pre-emption or purchase from the United States of any land in this state shall vest the full legal title to such land in the person to whom such certificate is issued, a receiver’s certificate issued to a party entering lands under the United States homestead law (Rev. Statutes U. S. § 2290) is competent evidence and sufficiently proves title to support an action for cutting trees upon and removing timber from the lands.</p>