Davis v. Butler
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from chancery court of Franklin county. Hon. E. W. Cutrer, Chancellor. Action by L. E. Davis against E. H. Butler and others. From a decree dissolving a temporary injunction, the plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtSykes, P. J.
By this appeal we are called upon to review the decree of the chancellor in dissolving a temporary injunction restraining the defendants from cutting and removing timber from certain lands. The bill alleges that the appellant (complainant) Davis sold to the appellee (defendant) Whittington certain lands, and reserved a vendor’s lien upon these lands in his deed to secure the balance due of the purchase money; that Whittington has failed to meet certain of these payments at maturity; that subsequent to his purchase of these lands Whittington sold the timber situated thereon to the defendant…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Staton v. BryantMississippi Supreme Court · 1877
- Butterfield Lumber Co. v. GuyMississippi Supreme Court · 1908
- Lee v. NewmanMississippi Supreme Court · 1877
- Fox v. Pearl River Lumber Co.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1902
- Buck v. PaineMississippi Supreme Court · 1874
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- CRAFT v. EverettMississippi Supreme Court · 1959
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