Boarman v. Groves
Mississippi Supreme Court
On appeal from the circuit court of Hinds county; Hon. George Coalter, judge. The facts of the case as shown by the record are, that at the time the contracts were made, upon which the bill was filed in the court below, the real defendant in error, Mrs. Ann Groves, was the wife of James C. Mitchell, since deceased, and she subsequently married Groves.
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On appeal from the circuit court of Hinds county; Hon. George Coalter, judge. The facts of the case as shown by the record are, that at the time the contracts were made, upon which the bill was filed in the court below, the real defendant in error, Mrs. Ann Groves, was the wife of James C. Mitchell, since deceased, and she subsequently married Groves. The defendant in error claims that the contracts entered into by her deceased husband (Mitchell) are void, because she never sanctioned them. The court below dismissed the bill, and the plaintiff in error appealed to this court for relief. There…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Smith
At the time of the institution of this suit, the appellee, Mrs. Ann Groves, was the widow of James C. Mitchell, deceased, to whom she had been married in the autumn of 1837.
By a marriage agreement between these parties previously entered into, the real and personal property then owned by Mrs. Groves was settled upon her as her separate estate.
While this marriage subsisted, the said Mitchell entered into a written agreement for the rent of a farm fox the year 1841, by which the sum of $500 were stipulated to be paid to com*282plainant. This agreement was executed by Mitchell individually, and, in…
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