Liberty Mercantile Co. v. Allen

Appellant, Liberty Mercantile Company, a corporation, filed its bill in the chancery court of Amite county against appellees Lee Allen and Jerome Ford to estab*360lisli a mortgage executed to it by appellee Allen as a prior lien to that of a mortgage subsequently executed by appellee Allen to appellee Ford. There was a trial on bill, answers, cross-bill of appellee Ford, answer thereto of cross-defendant, and proof, resulting in a decree denying appellant the relief sought by its bill and granting appellee Ford the relief prayed for in his 'cross-bill, but taxing the latter with the cost of the…