Legal Opinion

Walker v. Ross

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided October 15, 1888PublishedCited by 1 opinion

Appeal from the Circuit Court of Noxubee County. Hon. S. H. Terral, Judge. On the 21st of February, 1871, Magnolia Walker, a married woman, jointly with her husband, executed a deed of trust to R. E. Y. Yates, trustee, for the benefit of Buck & Beau-champ, merchants, upon a tract of land constituting a plantation, and being her separate property.

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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Noxubee County. Hon. S. H. Terral, Judge. On the 21st of February, 1871, Magnolia Walker, a married woman, jointly with her husband, executed a deed of trust to R. E. Y. Yates, trustee, for the benefit of Buck & Beau-champ, merchants, upon a tract of land constituting a plantation, and being her separate property. The consideration of the deed, as stated therein, was a promissory note given by the grantors for supplies and money used and to be used for the benefit of, and in the cultivation of the plantation conveyed. The grantors in the deed of trust having…

1Opinion of the CourtCampbell, J.

The cases of O'Hara v. Alexander, 56 Miss., 316, and McDougal v. Bank, 62 Miss., 663, are decisive of this case.

Affirmed.

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. O'Hara v. AlexanderMississippi Supreme Court · 1879
  2. McDougal v. People's Savings BankMississippi Supreme Court · 1885

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Cross v. HedrickMississippi Supreme Court · 1888

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