Legal Opinion

Germain v. Harwell

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided October 15, 1914PublishedCited by 9 opinions

Appeal from the chancery court of Lauderdale county, Hon. Sam Whitman, Jr., Chancellor. Suit by Mrs. L. C. Germain against J. M. Harwell and others. From a judgment for defendants, ■ complainant appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court.

1Opinion of the CourtReed, J.

Appellant, in September, 1910, filed her bill in chancery, in which she sought to set aside a deed of trust executed by her in favor of appellee, J. M. Harwell, and the sale made under the deed of trust to appellee G. H. Mattox. She charged failure of consideration as to the deed of trust, :and that appellees, Harwell and Mattox, intended and designed to cheat and defraud her in the transactions resulting in the sale of her property under the deed of trust, and that they entered into a conspiracy for that purpose. She also prayed for an accounting to show the amounts owing by her on the…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Haldeman v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
  2. Cook v. . WarrenNew York Court of Appeals · 1882
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  5. Farmers' & Millers' Bank v. SawyerWisconsin Supreme Court · 1859

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