Catlett v. Bacon
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the Superior Court of Chancery. Hon. Charles Scott, chancellor. In April, A. D. 1849, John Bacon et al. filed their bill in the Superior Court of Chancery, against A. A. Catlett and his wife Rachel, A. M. Fonte, and Richard P. Winslow, and also against Galbraith and Cooper, statutory trustees of the Planters’ Bank.
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Appeal from the Superior Court of Chancery. Hon. Charles Scott, chancellor. In April, A. D. 1849, John Bacon et al. filed their bill in the Superior Court of Chancery, against A. A. Catlett and his wife Rachel, A. M. Fonte, and Richard P. Winslow, and also against Galbraith and Cooper, statutory trustees of the Planters’ Bank. From the bill and exhibits thereto, it appears, that on the 30th day of May, A.D. 1841, A. A. Catlett executed his five promissory notes to the Planters’ Bank, for $1294 48 each, falling due respectively, in one, two, three, four, and five years, from that date; that…
1Opinion of the CourtHandy, J.
The bill in this case shows, that on the 20th May, 1841, Catlett executed to the Planters’ Bank of Mississippi five promissory notes, for $1294 48 each, payable in five annual instalments, and that on the 19th April, 1841, the Bank had purchased, at execution sale, certain lands of Catlett, and had received a sheriff’s deed for the same, by which the absolute title was conveyed to her, and on the 30th May, 1841, in pursuance of an agreement entered into between the parties, Catlett and his wife executed a deed to a trustee, conveying the same lands in trust for the payment of the notes, the…
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