Rabb v. Board of Supervisors

Citations

• 62 Miss. 589

Syllabus

<p>1. School Land. Sixteenth sections. Ejectment by hoard of supervisors.</p> <p>Section 741 of the Code of 1880, which provides for the election of school trustees in every township of the State and confers upon them the power to “ maintain all actions or suits which may be necessary to secure the inhabitants of the township their right to the sixteenth sections thereof, or other land in lieu thereof,” precludes the board of supervisors of any county from maintaining ejectment for such land.</p> <p>2. Same. Title to sixteenth sections. Statute of limitations.</p> <p>The title to sixteenth sections of land, or other sections in lieu thereof, dedicated by acts of Congress to the support of schools in this State, was by such acts reserved in the United States government, subject to be divested by the State for the purpose to which the land was devoted, and while thus held by the Federal government, the State having taken no action in reference thereto, it cannot be affected by any .adverse possession or statute of limitations.</p>