Leigh v. Harrison
Mississippi Supreme Court
From tlie chancery court of Lowndes county. Hon. T. B. Graham, Chancellor. The opinion states the facts. There is no clause in this will against alienation, no provision for forfeiture, nor that the income shall be liable for Thomas Harrison’s debts; no provision that it shall only be paid on his written order, and no provision that it shall only be paid to him personally. He has an absolute, unqualified right to it, the only limitation being that it shall be paid quarterly.
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From tlie chancery court of Lowndes county. Hon. T. B. Graham, Chancellor. The opinion states the facts. There is no clause in this will against alienation, no provision for forfeiture, nor that the income shall be liable for Thomas Harrison’s debts; no provision that it shall only be paid on his written order, and no provision that it shall only be paid to him personally. He has an absolute, unqualified right to it, the only limitation being that it shall be paid quarterly. The unbroken current of English decisions, the great majority of American cases, and of those in the southern states,…
1Per curiam
The appellant is a judgment creditor of Thomas Harrison, and has sued out execution on his judgment, which has been returned nulla bona. He then exhibited his bill in the chancery court of Lowndes county against his debtor and against Mrs. Regina Lee, executrix of the last will and testament of Mrs. Regina Harrison, and trustee thereunder for said Thomas Harrison, and against James T. Harrison, who, under the will of Mrs. Harrison, was devised an undivided interest in certain lands, the other interest therein having been, by said will, devised to Mrs. Lee for the life of Thomas Harrison upon…
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