Comans v. Tapley
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the chancery court of Hinds county. Hon. G-. Gr. Lyell, Chancellor. Bill by Mary Ann Comans et al. against Iola Tapley et al. to revive a suit. From a decree denying relief, complainants appeal.
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Appeal from the chancery court of Hinds county. Hon. G-. Gr. Lyell, Chancellor. Bill by Mary Ann Comans et al. against Iola Tapley et al. to revive a suit. From a decree denying relief, complainants appeal. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the courti filed an elaborate brief too long for publication, in which they contend that this case was a pending suit; that no statutes of limitations ran against its prosecution, that the decree rendered some forty years ago in the chancery court was not a final decree but an interlocutory decree and that Appellant was not guilty of such laches…
1Opinion of the Court
Whitpield, C.
A statement of tbe facts of this case is necessary to an intelligent comprehension of the opinion of the court in deciding it. The facts which we deem it essential to state are as follows:
About the year 1842, one Norman Baldwin was the owner of a residence lot in South Jackson, on which he resided with his wife, Mary Ann, until about the year 1845, when he went West on a trading expedition. Before leaving, he carried his wife and children to Holmes county, and left them in the care of her people. Baldwin never returned, but died some time later in Texas, as his wife learned.…
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