Hiller v. Ellis
Mississippi Supreme Court
From: the chancery court of Copiah county. HoN. H. C. CoNN, Chancellor. The material facts, as found by the court from the record, are stated in the opinion.
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From: the chancery court of Copiah county. HoN. H. C. CoNN, Chancellor. The material facts, as found by the court from the record, are stated in the opinion. To this it may be added that the assignment construed in this case contains, among other things, the following provision: “To facilitate the execution of this trust, the said party of the first part (the assignor) has prepared a schedule, which is herewith filed, marked schedule B, and made part of this deed, showing all the liabilities of the said party of the first part, as required by § 124, code of Mississippi of 1892, which said…
1Opinion of the CourtCooper, J.
On the tenth day of October, 1893, Charles Hiller, an insolvent merchant, made a general assignment of his property to the appellee, Ellis, for the benefit, of his creditors. Preferences were given to Messrs. Miller and Dodds, the attorneys by whom the instrument was prepared, for their fees, and, also, in the order named, to F. Dillard, for the sum of $250 and interest; to the Merchants & Planters’ Bank of Hazelhurst, for the sum of five thousand dollars, and interest; to Mrs. Hannah Klotz, tor the sum of five thousand five hundred dollars; to Hyman, Hiller & Co., for the sum of nine…
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