Herring v. Sutton
Mississippi Supreme Court
Fbom tbe chancery court of Lawrence county. Hon. Bobebt B. Mayes, Chancellor. Herring, the appellant (being non compos 'mentis), by his next friend, was the complainant, and Sutton, the appellee, defendant in the court below. From a decree in. defendant’s favor the complainant appealed to the supreme court. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtTbuly, J.
Appellee, Sutton, claims to be the owner of the one-hundred- and-sixty-acre tract of land in controversy by virtue of purchase at foreclosure sales under two deeds of trust executed by Benj amin Herring, the appellant herein. Appellant contends through his next friend that he was at the date of the execution of the trust deeds mentally incapacitated from making con*284tracts, tbat the sales under the trust deeds were fraudulently conducted, and tbat tbe sums brought at tbe sales were so grossly inadequate as to require tbe intervention of a court of equity, and be filed bis bill of complaint…
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