Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1892-03-31

.~..=t far the irAr A~@- neA e-N tse~rie "
-. ,uur address before the Mississippi Bar
-. lzst January. on The Torrens
49, = a. n. registration Of lands, and verr
= s-rrr.se,i both with the merits Of the ad-
- "A. cause IL advocated. We think
-, sAould have wider publicity, and
-, r-as>st that you have IL published In
-,,.r having a wide circulation In our
-. HyCr ccnclude TO aeeefe 10 our request
!. --el,sh yOur address. you Will please in
- 4 ths paper in which it viii appear.
Yours truly,
-n u,KsHsLL, JoHS r. DrssNoRE,
Vi HENRY. o. L. SrRrBLrxo,
* vaRpsxaS, j. b. EcKLEs.
rw WILLIAMSON. l. " scrDDER,
II HARRISON. A r. FOX.
IN. STEPHENS.
-, xStr-ss xss as follows:
s-,,sr sv~skirx there are three systems I'm
a., : Esziish Speaking countries for the pre-
,-zrua 4 title 20 land
n, sss,esn now in force in the greater Part
: E,x.ssa. and according 10 which no public
--.-fs 4 lad transfer are kept. the possession
sw< sr-ss Is evidenee of ownership. The at
~ 4 /, person wishing 10 purchase land
a. svsu iAe attorney Of the person owning the
srt al erxmines the originals Of all convey
r-s sAseh Aass BEEN made Of the property for
.-s-ss 4 years. and from these eonveyanees
|r,s ~ iars q rosssssiOn. etc. arrives as an
~ssa csncsrni1g the title II the purehasr Is
~rswzzassa. all these cosysyances sre handed
rrs - tine iAe nv deesi from the v-nfor IN
sssx-Axsr Is eeiiyered. n the land ss mort
rr-s Al ise<e ED couseyznces are likewise DE-
ssrx Il iss tine the mortgage Is iakrn- In
~. - passessson of the title DEEDS BY IN,
w--Ssr7cf u land Is evidence that he has
sr<azr s1d ar iarumheresi his real estate.
I. n rxi<;ere1 cnuxeyane~s. under which
NJ -. se-ss plsE minor part. and aceordsnx
r,ra izstrune1is eeDcernfnx lsnd must. IN
rEss s--es inaoeeas thira parties. be as~-i
NJ -rsrs-1 n certain hooks designated ar.f
n=sarf y ~ state far that purp.<e. U-s~r
- Es'<z asy ins;rzzssnt properly signed and
sssx-zx-s. az4 rA.ch psryorts 10 as~rs tAe
- 4 z.s Ezg q tis'd AMI reenrte,a upoa the
zruszs Il ~ prrrsr Fee The cfsrer whn~~
krz 8 - rcsiSe snf recsrf such Instrument.
b~ 30 cussa1eF shSt tne texal ere~r Of a given
ns-sz-sf 81 e>- nor dscs ~ 1srr-rzsr
vr1r ~ pcrsea wAsse name Is afsre-f 10 the
rz-z1sr- aas asy rixaf 10 dispose 0f the raj
80 szsas 70 se zsectea- In this wav.
rz<A z2rEoieno- OF error IL s0m-sirzses hav-
z1zt asis arr esea1~i 10 tne great iniury
~ ~ sxz-r who. uniess he can obcxia /.
z azm ee-9 fEom the grzntee unser su~A
rrss.ssr. = F1f 90 the expen<e q a ehzne-rx
E@ zzRFs eiuaa ThsS is rh< system IN
~ , Nlssts<Ppi. Nhrre the condition. fs
sz E4 Sar~ unsatisfactory hy rhe aesisss,
y sasa-zze taaEt n tAe exse o< Man<olsf -
RS ifss-. &1 ub-re Il was dsrsefec.
n S1zaes sas door all the Iaw rrqufr~< Of
" VA As has fi-c his aeea fer recors, an. q
7-szs4. aiEaoaSh th- clerk nate a mistake
-nrGzgE~ VITA tbs d<~fsssu hav, no
fsA II so~s irresissfogy fron the
.arzsr & ~ statute lCete Isso, SEXTON m
= eaaseyascr, etc. shall take eject As 10
= 'se2sszf purchasers for \ vsl1zhl~ eanSia-
MA est- ear frusn tAe tine whea aesIy-r-a
y 1efz 70 ee reeorsea- Having taken
NJ is@ ~ tiuae of delivery 70 th- elers nov
x = = -'s 10 rcoora IL pruperiy OF re~ar. /,
= $50 20 deStrcy lis eject as nosiex- 4
- hzaise1 ta-S a Oae cf the nsaay dsf~>4.
= iva < registered coaxeyanxes now in
-s >i@se- Bat there are r.anv Other
rs2'sr s~<octs- PERHAPS the rr<t IN Ir,-
49, u graf labor aaa exu@rS- In
- - nag INTO titses and passing apon
C+s- fAe careful lawyer vii never
y 'ezar'iiax any bar TIE nnost IN
SrsA-se uifAogf careful exzrnfuz-
y nrnras hack 10 TIE Unir<a STATES
ne shl Ascertain fhzr the x~n~r.l
- aas parted wskh rs tsrl@. or n rhr
- y Ezsf firm tie r0s~ruu,sur u,-
~aai1s ~ xhtch the lzns vas h~<o--
- NJ < the Uaitess states. he xiu Sc
k'7z las e~sa prup~riy coaarr~a ~ !
Ieere ee.ns 10 s1sznsaxe In
,s2ses Patents % ean1szattcnx I
- ssasars n The cszafy records. /: M
iss2d that The eaEs,<uee a. xnra
= es11 rzzfscns ean oa,x h. ..,,-r.s-.s /
1&a<.tlzz With wzxalngro. T -.
= e-Ee 10 tnear the expense ef = /
M nssoa 10 make the Inyssrixario.
- ean ee oesztnes By wrstsnx 70 /
y sas'neT q he General Land OEce-
ne 1oafhs fer an answer. Ul
i~ssiei. or II the condition of The i
L1l1 oraee Is such that h. /. ax<ur--, /
Tie lawyer eSn then atssreSs
- se t2rsher examination Of the rItIe
- ~ county of whieh the Iapc has
"a a1st be examined. and as rnost
= Ne state has formed part Of two
- eaaiaes. this means n xoo.t ae.I a. /
u lee Board q Supervisors az .ne
ta.ch the land lies have hz,s ths sc-,-
- --n-s- - transcripts Of proper portions
A~,,,.'-.'o. saen other counties TO be made.
hs ,,-..-.se ean usually be relied on. But
m NV ey no means always exist and
H.sr,,s - eAist are. Of course, evidence Of ,
b !. -. They may not. and A. /.
k.ss ,'-.-, seniain every conveyance they
r-r. u2asfers affecting Bolivar coap,v
n,.,-... "A he records at Gre~nyiIle hut M
n - a.s ever been obtained mis- goes
IA ,rs,ss, ~, IS true. but know Of \ sun
ks.,r,,s.- STATE. which involves a yaiuz-
n. - and Is founded On rights of xhirh
! -, eniy on the records of a neixhbor-
~ snieh the plantation in ourxr,op
rs,-.ea parr since ezriy in The ,ses
- nezas of estimztin~ ~. .c.s a.
Iassts.-,s,- Hon tnese Examinations. but IL
z@ = e. and probably amounts 70 from
<,s - annually As< Is rear sessc=s
49, 0econe longer and longer. ana
~ a. nore valuable. this sum viii in
III, Is no end To IL. Each man
ru aud with each sale or hyuofhe-
'-s,s, q i2nd the work must b done
A. A2a graf as Is the tar AZ she<. r~-
u, ~ -1]'ions -ions TO the land owners os the
Ia 0fenszrion TO the bar ix xrzu
sa-s : -,er sad reponsibnity are considered
nasal -, se ean say that while no pro-
Il y 50 tedious. none il % poorIx
ezs-r = ,s VIC he attorney has done his sest.
{ : "a "a his opinion is worth supoosIns
\ aa.r.s each acknoxIedxment and
!. N accordance with ths statute in
IA -. - ua.. how is he 70 ten in esrn in
ss "a. .s .s. 1eiai purportias to have taken
Ne. - ~ 'orised to do 50; tha, his com
,ss,-.ea % not aplr.d; hat his sIrn.,ur. ign s W.,
. n.fcse that one Of The n.nes =, IN.
sasaaaa 49,, = = Sonazn. who conveys without
! -.-ans and without n recitation ,hat
30 =. si how Is the lawyer 10 tell
80 = sas married AZ th.t tn ~ = no.s
zzs noses tbs diriculry. but il SIN
!. ns.s. sSa s.'a 10 former transfers. Even
sss.--ss.oso.sA s oosA husband and wife Ioin il must
srsteae = .netaer the land constituted a
ssRaser - II an attorney In fact con
sH-s ,.'N .Sssr q attorney regular. on is face
s1xas - ts ascertain wh=sher the
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