Bowen v. Bailey
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the Chancery Court of Washington county. Hon. Walker Brook, special chancellor. In November, 1856, Sarah Bailey, then Griffith, and Richard Griffith, her husband, sold to appellant a tract of land in Washington county.
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Appeal from the Chancery Court of Washington county. Hon. Walker Brook, special chancellor. In November, 1856, Sarah Bailey, then Griffith, and Richard Griffith, her husband, sold to appellant a tract of land in Washington county. Appellant, Bowen, to secure the purchase-money, executed his four promissory notes, payable in one, two, three, and four years after date, each for the sum of $3505. Sarah Bailey, jointly with her then husband, by her title-bond, properly signed, sealed, and acknowledged, bound herself to execute and deliver to Bowen a deed in fee-simple, with covenants of general…
1Opinion of the CourtShackelford, C. J.
At the October Term, 1866, the appellees filed their bill in the Chancery Court of Washington county against appellant, and alleged therein that Mrs. S. A. E. Bailey, during the lifetime of her first husband, Bichard Griffith, and together with him, made a contract for the conveyance of certain lands, on the 7th of November, 1856, with appellant, which land was owned by Mrs. Bailey, then Mrs. Griffith, in her own right. By this contract appellant was to make and deliver four promissory notes, each for the sum of $3505, maturing at one, two, three, and four years from date of the contract, and…
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