State v. Fitzgerald

Citations

• 76 Miss. 502

Syllabus

<p>Land Commissioner. Replevin for timber cut from state land. Sixteenth sections. Code 1892, §§ 2565, 2566, 2589, 2590.</p> <p>The land commissioner is authorized, under code 1892, 2565, 2566, ' 2589, 2590, defining the powers and duties of that officer, to institute and maintain, in the name of the state, replevin for cross-ties cut by a trespasser from a sixteenth section of land, which had been sold to the state for nonpayment of taxes.</p>