Poitevent v. Board of Supervisors

Citations

• 58 Miss. 810

Syllabus

<p>Dee^, Conveying land for coimiy purposes. Removal of county-town. Effect.</p> <p>F. conveyed a certain tract of land to the county of H., “to have and to hold forever, for county purposes; ” and the county erected thereon a court-house and jail. Subsequently, the county-town was removed to another site. Thereupon F. deeded the land to P., who took possession thereof. In an action of ejectment by the Board of Supervisors of the county against contended that the conveyance to the county was upon the condition of the continued use of the land for county purposes, and that the removal of the county-town, ipso facto, determined the county’s title. Held, that, there being nothing in the deed to the county from which it can be inferred that it was the intention of the grantor, or of the county authorities, to devote the land to any special county purpose, it may be, consistently with the terms of the deed, devoted as well to one cousity purpose as to another; and the mere removal of the county-town was no evidence of an intention on the part of the county authorities to abandon the propei'ty, or to devote it to any other than county purposes.</p>