Cases Argued and Decided in the Supreme Court of Mississippi ..., Volume 98Mississippi. Supreme Court, Thomas Alexander Marshall, William C. Smedes, Volney Erskine Howard, Robert John Walker, John Franklin Cushman, James Zachariah George E.W. Stephens Publishing Company, 1912 |
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| Title | Cases Argued and Decided in the Supreme Court of Mississippi ..., Volume 98 |
| Authors | Mississippi. Supreme Court, Thomas Alexander Marshall, William C. Smedes, Volney Erskine Howard, Robert John Walker, John Franklin Cushman, James Zachariah George |
| Contributor | Mississippi. High Court of Errors and Appeals |
| Publisher | E.W. Stephens Publishing Company, 1912 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 14 Aug 2007 |
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