Cooper v. Robertson Investment Co.
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appear from the chancery court of Adams comity. Hon. R. W. Cutrer, Chancellor. Bill by Tim E. Cooper, assignee and receiver of th.e Century Banking Company against the Robertson Investment Company, and others. From the decree rendered, plaintiff appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court.
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Appear from the chancery court of Adams comity. Hon. R. W. Cutrer, Chancellor. Bill by Tim E. Cooper, assignee and receiver of th.e Century Banking Company against the Robertson Investment Company, and others. From the decree rendered, plaintiff appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. The bond for title given by Robertson to Anders was in part execution of a fraudulent scheme to cover his property from creditors, and a court of equity will lend him no aid in enforcing that instrument. Second. The knowledge of the existence of that bond for title by Robertson, the…
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, C. J.
Appellant, who is the assignee and receiver of the Century Banking Company, under a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors executed, by that, company in July, 1912, ‘ exhibited his bill in the court below against George H. Ro-bertson, V. Otis Robertson, Robertson Investment Company, and N. T. Anders, to foreclose a vender’s lien on certain lands situated in Adams county sold to George H. Robertson by the Century Banking Company, and to cancel Anders’ claim to a half interest therein. The court below decreed Anders to be the owner of a one-half interest in the land; *115that…
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