Gillaspie v. Citizens' Bank

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Makr, J.

Dr. Harrison Jordan and his two children, William T. J ordan and Fannie Y. J ordan, wife of William M. Gillaspie, owned in equal portions a large quantity of land, then in Morehouse parish, now *1316in Richland, cultivated in cotton, together with some seventy slaves, and the necessary stock and farming implements.

In 1859 Mrs. Gillaspie and her brother gave separate powers of attorney to their father, authorizing him to purchase stock in the Citizens’ Bank, and to mortgage their shares in the property as security, and as required by the charter of…