Gibson v. Currier
Mississippi Supreme Court
From: tbe chancery court of Copiab county. Hon. Henry C. CoNN, Chancellor. Mrs. Gibson and others, appellants, were complainants in the court below; Currier and others, appellees, were defendants there. From a decree denying the complainants a part of the relief sought they appealed to the supreme court and the defendants prosecuted a cross appeal from the decree in so far as it granted complainants any relief whatever. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court.
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From: tbe chancery court of Copiab county. Hon. Henry C. CoNN, Chancellor. Mrs. Gibson and others, appellants, were complainants in the court below; Currier and others, appellees, were defendants there. From a decree denying the complainants a part of the relief sought they appealed to the supreme court and the defendants prosecuted a cross appeal from the decree in so far as it granted complainants any relief whatever. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. The original decree under which the lands were sold was void as to the infants, and Mrs. Matthews acquired no titles to…
1Opinion of the CourtWhitfield, C. J.
This is a suit by Mrs. Tansey Gibson, Lora Jones and J. B. Jones, Jr., heirs at law of E. H. Jones, .deceased, and Mrs. Kate L. Barlow, against Erancis Smith, Caldwell & Co. and their trustee, C. C. Currier, seeking to perpetually enjoin a sale of the lands in controversy under a trust deed given by O. W. and N. E. Eord on January 11, 1890, to secure $800 and interest; and also to have said trust deed canceled as a cloud upon the title of complainants. The facts are these:
On September 5, 1879, Mrs. Eliza Jones bought from Mrs. M. C. Matthews and husband about 2,700 acres of land in Copiah…
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