Ragan v. Harrell

Citations

• 52 Miss. 818

Syllabus

<p>1. FORCIBLE Entry and Unlawful Detainer: Code of 1S71, 1158$.</p> <p>The summary remedy to recover possession of land, where the entry is forcible, or the detention unlawful, is given by the Code of 1871, g 1582, which enlarges the prior statutes on the same subject, and extends the remedy by giving it to landlords, vendees, mortgagees, trustees, or other persons against whom the possession of lands is withheld by his tenant, vendor, grantor, or other person after the expiration of his right by contract, express or implied, to hold possession. The jurisdiction to enforce this summary remedy is conferred upon justices of the peace; and while the legislature did not confer upon justices of the peace the power to adjudicate title to real estate, yet the statute does confer upon them jurisdiction of cases where the right to possession is deduced from an exhibition of title.</p>