Whitfield v. Harris
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from tke chancery court of Lowndes county. Foote, Chancellor. The appellant, Lucy A. Whitfield, filed her bill in the chancery court below, to the February term, 1868, alleging that on the 9th of July, 1866, Charles Baskerville and James Whitfield, being in possession of certain lots in the town of Columbus, Miss., as owners thereof, bargained and sold the same to her for $2,375, to be paid on the 1st of February, 1857 ; that said Baskerville and Whitfield, at the…
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Appeal from tke chancery court of Lowndes county. Foote, Chancellor. The appellant, Lucy A. Whitfield, filed her bill in the chancery court below, to the February term, 1868, alleging that on the 9th of July, 1866, Charles Baskerville and James Whitfield, being in possession of certain lots in the town of Columbus, Miss., as owners thereof, bargained and sold the same to her for $2,375, to be paid on the 1st of February, 1857 ; that said Baskerville and Whitfield, at the time of sale, made their deed of conveyance for the lots mentioned, and placed it in the hands of N. E. Goodwin as an…
1Opinion of the Court
Brown, J.:
The record in this case presents the question whether the decree in the court below'sustaining the demurrer of the defendant, Sarah C. Reed, to the complainants bill, and dismissing said bill, was or not erroneous.
On the 9th of July, 1866, the complainant, Lucy A. Whitfield, purchased of Charles Bas&erville and James Whitfield a certain lot and tenement in the city of -'Columbus, for $2,375, to be paid on the first day of February, 1867. At the time of the purchase a deed was made to her of the premises, and by agreement of the parties it was placed in the hands of a third party to…
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