Rice v. Harris
Mississippi Supreme Court
From the chancery court of Leflore county. Hon. A. H. Longuno, Chancellor. The controversy involved in this case was begun by Frank H. Rice, appellant, who, as complainant therein, filed a cross petition against Jane Gr.
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From the chancery court of Leflore county. Hon. A. H. Longuno, Chancellor. The controversy involved in this case was begun by Frank H. Rice, appellant, who, as complainant therein, filed a cross petition against Jane Gr. Harris and others, appellees, defendants thereto in the court below, asserting the right to have rent due him from Mrs. Harris paid out of the proceeds of the sale of a stock of goods which had been sold by order of the court in an assignment, receivership case, conducted under chapter 8, code 1892. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. The statutes involved are…
1Opinion of the CourtTerral, J.
On the tenth day of September, 1897, Rice rented to Mrs. J. G. Harris a storehouse for one year for $480, payable in sums of $50 monthly. On the twenty-first of January, 1898, Mrs. Harris, under ch. 8, annotated code, made an assignment to J. W. Slack of all her property for payment of her creditors. Slack gave bond as such assignee, which was duly approved, filed his petition, and duly qualified as assignee, and inventoried the property assigned him by Mrs. Harris, which inventory included the unexpired lease of Rice to Mrs. Harris. On the fourteenth of February, 1898, Slack, under the order…
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