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9 Mississippi opinions name it 2 courts 1885–2007 0 in the last five years
The cases below were cited by Mississippi courts in a sentence that names this issue. Sides come from how each citing opinion treated the case (Syfertize flag on that citation), so a case can appear on both: that is where the law is contested. A red or yellow chip is the case's own overall treatment.
| Case | Followed | Cited |
|---|---|---|
Blankinship v. Paytongreen1 sentence2007Actual possession has been defined as "effective control over a definite area of land, evidenced by things visible to the eye or perceptible to the senses." Blankinship v. Payton, 605 So.2d 817, 819-20 (Miss.1992). | 1 | 1 |
| Case | Negative | Cited |
|---|---|---|
| No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Mississippi. Read the followed side critically anyway. | ||
| Case | Cited | Years |
|---|---|---|
United States v. John
green
2 sentences2001NOTES [1] For an interesting historical discussion of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, see United States v. John, 437 U.S. 634 , 98 S.Ct. 2541 , 57 L.Ed.2d 489 (1978). [2] Jones alleges the absence of a valid treaty granting the Mississippi Band of Choctaws the land they claim in Mississippi. 2001NOTES [1] For an interesting historical discussion of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, see United States v. John, 437 U.S. 634 , 98 S.Ct. 2541 , 57 L.Ed.2d 489 (1978). [2] Jones alleges the absence of a valid treaty granting the Mississippi Band of Choctaws the land they claim in Mississippi. | 1 | 2001–2001 |
State Teachers' College v. Morris
green
2 sentences1972In State Teachers College v. Morris, 165 Miss. 758 , 144 So. 374 (1932), we were of the opinion that general words in a statute must be understood as used with reference to subject matter in the minds of the legislature and strictly limited to it and further that this rule applied with equal force to the construction of the words used in a constitution, stating: ... 1972In State Teachers College v. Morris, 165 Miss. 758 , 144 So. 374 (1932), we were of the opinion that general words in a statute must be understood as used with reference to subject matter in the minds of the legislature and strictly limited to it and further that this rule applied with equal force to the construction of the words used in a constitution, stating: ... | 1 | 1972–1972 |
Green v. Weller
green
1 sentence1972Downes v. Crosby Chemicals, 234 So.2d 916 (Miss. 1970), and see *926 Green v. Weller, 32 Miss. 650 (1856), where we held that in this country the courts take judicial notice of our Constitution as the fundamental law of the land and that a rule of construction peculiarly applicable to a written constitution is that its provisions must be construed from the words used therein taken in their ordinary and familiar definitions. | 1 | 1972–1972 |
Downes v. Crosby Chemicals, Inc.
green
1 sentence1972Downes v. Crosby Chemicals, 234 So.2d 916 (Miss. 1970), and see *926 Green v. Weller, 32 Miss. 650 (1856), where we held that in this country the courts take judicial notice of our Constitution as the fundamental law of the land and that a rule of construction peculiarly applicable to a written constitution is that its provisions must be construed from the words used therein taken in their ordinary and familiar definitions. | 1 | 1972–1972 |
Page v. O'Neal
green
2 sentences1960Evans v. Shows, 180 Miss. 518 , 177 So. 786 ; Page v. O’Neal, 207 Miss. 350 , 42 So. 2d 391 ; Parks v. Simmons, (Miss.) 52 So. 2d 14 . 1960Evans v. Shows, 180 Miss. 518 , 177 So. 786 ; Page v. O’Neal, 207 Miss. 350 , 42 So. 2d 391 ; Parks v. Simmons, (Miss.) 52 So. 2d 14 . | 1 | 1960–1960 |
Evans v. Shows
green
2 sentences1960Evans v. Shows, 180 Miss. 518 , 177 So. 786 ; Page v. O’Neal, 207 Miss. 350 , 42 So. 2d 391 ; Parks v. Simmons, (Miss.) 52 So. 2d 14 . 1960Evans v. Shows, 180 Miss. 518 , 177 So. 786 ; Page v. O’Neal, 207 Miss. 350 , 42 So. 2d 391 ; Parks v. Simmons, (Miss.) 52 So. 2d 14 . | 1 | 1960–1960 |
McDonald v. Sanford
green
2 sentences1941McDonald v. Sanford, 88 Miss. 633 , 41 So. 369 ; 117 Am. 1941McDonald v. Sanford, 88 Miss. 633 , 41 So. 369 ; 117 Am. | 1 | 1941–1941 |
Maynard v. Cocke
neutral
1 sentence1921Leaving out of view whether the designation of the one hundred and fifty dollars in this agreement as rent would have given, if valid, the holder of the notes a lien therefor on the crops growing on the land under the rule announced in Maynard v. Cocke, 71 Miss. 493 , 15 So. 788 , the payment thus provided for could have been intended only as liquidated damages or as a penalty. | 1 | 1921–1921 |
Miller v. Wesson
neutral
1 sentence1920Miller v. Wesson, 58 Miss. 831 ; Phillips v. Gastrell, 61 Miss. 413 ; Cobbey on Replevin (2d Ed.), sections 69 and 376; 23 R. | 1 | 1920–1920 |
Phillips v. Gastrell
neutral
1 sentence1920Miller v. Wesson, 58 Miss. 831 ; Phillips v. Gastrell, 61 Miss. 413 ; Cobbey on Replevin (2d Ed.), sections 69 and 376; 23 R. | 1 | 1920–1920 |
Day v. Cochran
neutral
1 sentence1885Day v. Cochran, 24 Miss. 261 . | 1 | 1885–1885 |
Agricultural Bank v. Dorsey
neutral
1 sentence1885Agricultural Bank v. Dorsey, 1 Freem. | 1 | 1885–1885 |
Opinions by the citing court's state. A doctrine retained in one state and abandoned in another shows up here as a year span that stalls.