Collins v. Collins
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the Chancery Court of Yalobusha County. Hon. L. C. Abbott, Chancellor. Complainant filed her bill against the defendants, B. H. Collins, J. O. Hendricks, E. Badley, C. Montgomery and Bobert Prophit, that on November 27, 1867, she intermarried with the defendant Collins, and is now his lawful wife; that at the time of their marriage he was the owner of the real estate described therein and used as a hotel, in the town of Water Yalley, which she now occupies, in…
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Appeal from the Chancery Court of Yalobusha County. Hon. L. C. Abbott, Chancellor. Complainant filed her bill against the defendants, B. H. Collins, J. O. Hendricks, E. Badley, C. Montgomery and Bobert Prophit, that on November 27, 1867, she intermarried with the defendant Collins, and is now his lawful wife; that at the time of their marriage he was the owner of the real estate described therein and used as a hotel, in the town of Water Yalley, which she now occupies, in part. That in 1872, her said husband neglected and insulted, and refused to support her; and, with intent to deprive her…
1Opinion of the CourtTarbell, J.
The bill by which this case was instituted is to some extent complex. Its main object was to obtain a decree against the husband of complainant for a support, on the ground of desertion. In aid of this object, the bill charged a fraudulent disposition of the property of the husband, and sought to set aside or avoid a deed of trust of real estate and a sale thereunder, and to enjoin summary proceedings under the code, to dispossess the complainant, who was occupying a part of the premises involved. On the hearing, the fraud charged was conclusively disproved, and the case turned upon the…
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