Mississippi Supreme Court March 15, 1916 (Fermwood Lumber Co. v. Rowley)

Smith, C. J.,

delivered the opinion of the court.

In March, 1900, Cyrus Lewis, being the lessee of the northeast quarter of the northeast quarter of a sixteenth section situated in Marion county, the unexpired term of his lease being about fifty-five years, sold and warranted to appellant the timber growing thereon by deed duly acknowledged and recorded.