Smith v. Pattison
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from tbe chancery court of Tallahatchie county. Cothran, J. The facts are minutely stated in the .opinion of the court, leaving nothing for the reporter to add.
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Appeal from tbe chancery court of Tallahatchie county. Cothran, J. The facts are minutely stated in the .opinion of the court, leaving nothing for the reporter to add. Appellee’s intestate filed his bill in the chancery court of Tallahatchie county to the May term, 1867, to enforce his vendor’s lien upon certain lands sold by him to the testator. - At the same term the adult defendants who were in court by proper process filed a formal demurrer, which at the same term was overruled and leave to answer in ninety days as of that term. At the November term, 1867, a decree pro oonfesso was taken…
1Opinion of the Court
Tabbell, J.:
This is a proceeding in chancery to enforce a vendor’s lien on real estate. There was a demurrer to the bill by all the defendants, which was overruled, with leave to answer, but *624no answer was ever filed, except by the guardian of the minor defendants. The cause proceeded to judgment pro oonfesso, and final decree for the sale of the premises, when the defendants appealed.
It is set forth, in the bill that Thomas S. Jones was, in 1857, the possessor and owner of certain tracts of land therein described, which he sold to Sidney Smith for $19,500, to be paid in three equal annual…
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