Jackson v. Coleman
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the chancery court of Coahoma county. Hon. Ive May, Chancellor. Suit by Lindsey Jackson against Emmett Coleman and others. From a judgment for defendant, plaintiff appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court.
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Appeal from the chancery court of Coahoma county. Hon. Ive May, Chancellor. Suit by Lindsey Jackson against Emmett Coleman and others. From a judgment for defendant, plaintiff appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. The appellees base their case on the following propositions : 1. That the trial court has rendered a decision on a question of fact, and that such a decision will not be reversed; 2. That upon the divorce of Lindsey Jackson and Alice Jackson, Lindsey had no further rights of a homestead exemption; 3. That the amount paid for the land was entirely…
1Opinion of the CourtEthridge, J.
Lindsey Jackson, the appellant, a colored man living-in Bolivar county, Miss., acquired forty acres of land upon which he lived and which hh cultivated. He had a wife and three children. His wife died, and he married the second time; but the second venture in matrimony proved to be unfortunate and unsatisfactory to spouse No. 2, who sued for and obtained a divorce in the chancery court of that county, and as a part of the divorce proceeding was allowed alimony at the rate of five dollars per month and an attorney’s fee of seventy dollars. The decree and the pleadings in the divorce case did…
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