Jackson Naval Stores Co. v. Tootle

Citations

• 96 Miss. 486
• 51 So. 801

Syllabus

<p>Sixteenth Sections. Warranty. Breach. Unlawful sale of timber. Action. Assertion of paramount title unnecessary.</p> <p>It being unlawful for tlie lessee of a sixteenth section, public school land, to sell for commercial purposes the timber standing thereon, the warranty in a sale of such timber by the lessee is broken when made, and an action for the breach at once lies, without hostile assertion of the paramount title.</p>