Burt v. Brashears
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the chancery court of Bolivar county. Hon. Joe May, Chancellor. Suit by W. I. Brashears, executor, against W. T. Burt and another, trustees. From the decree rendered, defendant appeals, and plaintiff cross-appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtStevens, J.
There is in this ease an appeal and cross-appeal, growing out of the following state of facts:
In February, 1912, one Alfred Buford, now deceased, executed his promissory note to appellant W. T. Burt, in the sum of two thousand dollars due and payable January "1, 1913, and to secure this note and “any other amount that might be due” by the maker of said note, a deed of trust was duly executed on *341approximately four hundred acres of land in Bolivar county. On December 31, 1912, Buford executed to Burt another promissory note in the sum of seven hundred and seventy-nine dollars and twenty-five…
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