Clifton v. Clark
Mississippi Supreme Court
Erom tbe chancery court of Lee county. Hon. Henry L. Muldrow, Chancellor. •Clark and others, composing the firm of Clark, Hood & Co., appellees and cross-appellants, were complainants in the court below; Clifton and others, executors, appellants and cross-appellees, were defendants there. Erom a decree partly favorable to defendants they appealed to the supreme court, and complainants prosecuted a cross-appeal.
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Erom tbe chancery court of Lee county. Hon. Henry L. Muldrow, Chancellor. •Clark and others, composing the firm of Clark, Hood & Co., appellees and cross-appellants, were complainants in the court below; Clifton and others, executors, appellants and cross-appellees, were defendants there. Erom a decree partly favorable to defendants they appealed to the supreme court, and complainants prosecuted a cross-appeal. The case was once before in the supreme court, and the decision then rendered is reported. Clifton et al., Executors, v. Ciarle et al., 83 Miss., 446 (s. c., 36 So. Rep., 251). . Col.…
1Opinion of the CourtTruly, J.
On the former appeal of this case it was reversed and remanded (83 Miss., 446; s. c., 36 South., 251), with direction to the chancellor to state an account between the parties and calculate the amount due by Clark, Hood & Co. to the estate of John A. Blair under the contract between Blair & Anderson and Clark, Hood & Co. That contract recites that Blair & Anderson were to receive a stated contingent fee for legal services to be rendered in and about matters mentioned therein, and contains this provision: “If said litigation is compromised in respect to said claim, then the parties of the…
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- Clifton v. ClarkMississippi Supreme Court · 1903