McInnis v. Pickett

Citations

• 65 Miss. 354

Syllabus

<p>1. Patent to Land. Issued to deceased person. Validity thereof.</p> <p>Under an act of Congress of 25th of May, 1836 (U. S. Statutes at Large, vol. 5, p. 31),'a patent to land, issued by the United States to a deceased, person, inures to his heirs.</p> <p>2. Deed. Whether passing future acquired interest. Case in judgment.</p> <p>H- was one of several children and heirs of her father, who had died ' leaving certain real estate. She (N.) conveyed to A..“all the right„title and interest 1 [the grantor] have in the estate of my father.”' Aftert wards two of N.’s co-heirs died, and she innherited a one-third' interest’id their respective shares of her father’s estate. Held, that the interest? thus subsequently inherited by N. did'not -accrue- to A.-by-virture-of the'cbnveyance previously made. ■</p>