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· 4/15/1891

James v. Drew

Citations

  • 68 Miss. 518

Syllabus

<p>Boundaries. Surveys. Shortage; how apportioned.</p> <p>Where the government map and original field notes show all the sections of a township to he full, hut all monuments between the two northern tiers of sections are lost, and surveys based on established monuments in the township show that there is a shortage in the measurement north and south of those two tiers, it should not fall wholly on the northern tier, hut should he apportioned equally between the two tiers, and this, although the survey was originally made by starting at the southeast corner of the township and working north.</p>

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  • finding agency made reasonable efforts to reunify child with noncustodial, out-of-state father by making ICPC request to father's state to determine whether placing child with father was viable, which was denied after father's state conducted criminal background check

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