Hopper v. McAllum
Mississippi Supreme Court
Erom the chancery court of Kemper county. Hon. James E. McGool, Chancellor. Mrs. McAllum, the appellee, was complainant in the court below; Mrs. Hopper and her husband and others, appellants, were defendants there.
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Erom the chancery court of Kemper county. Hon. James E. McGool, Chancellor. Mrs. McAllum, the appellee, was complainant in the court below; Mrs. Hopper and her husband and others, appellants, were defendants there. Two married men, McAllum and Jenkins, both having parol authority from their respective wives, but not being “thereunto duly authorized” in writing, executed for and on behalf of their respective wives a written agreement to exchange lands upon the determination of a particular lawsuit in a designated way. Before the end of the suit one of the wives," Mrs. Jenkins, sold her land to…
1Opinion of the Court
Whitfield, O. J.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
This case is controlled entirely by Lobdell v. Mason, 71 Miss., 937 (15 South. Rep., 44).
Affirmed.
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Lobdell v. MasonMississippi Supreme Court · 1894
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