Opinion ID: 1697401
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Heading: Conveyance by a Special Warranty Deed in 2003

Text: ¶ 18. The DFA purported to convey title to the Institutions of Higher Learning, but it could convey only such title as it held. Eastman, Gardner & Co. v. Barnes, 95 Miss. 715, 49 So. 258 (1909). In Barnes, this Court stated: the state conveys by its patent all the title it has of the character described in the patent only, but does not convey any other or different title. In other words, where the state makes a conveyance as of swamp and overflowed lands, and issues its patent as such, it conveys only such title as it has as swamp and overflowed lands, and if it has no such title, nothing passes by the conveyance. If the conveyance is of a tax title, the patent passes all the title the state has of that character of title, but of no other. Barnes, 49 So. at 258. Because of the defective condemnation proceedings, the DFA did not hold title to the property. Thus, DFA was incapable of transferring any ownership interest to the Institute of Higher Learning through the Special Warranty Deed, [6] and therefore the Special Warranty Deed was, and is, void.