Hodges v. Hilton

This suit, which is an attachment in chancery, was instituted in the chancery court of Adams county against the appellant,' Mrs. A. J. Hodges, a nonresident of this state. The bill of complaint, as amended, alleged that the appellant was the owner of a two-story brick residence or building located in the city of Natchez, along the rear of which is an upstairs back porch, approximately fourteen feet above a brick floor on the ground level beneath the same; that, on or about June 1st, appellant leased said •building to Mrs. Effie Barnes, and afterwards the appellee and her husband leased from…