Bacon v. Conn
Mississippi Chancery Courts
The bill shows, that on 10th March, 1836, John Conn, since deceased, and Margaret his wife, conveyed to Joseph Joseph, Hardy Hendren, and others, a certain lot of ground in the city of Vicksburg, being lot 90, in square 16. That on the 19th March, 1836, said Joseph and others made a deed of trust to Everette and Morris, trustees, conveying this lot to secure the purchase-money to said John Conn, which trust, and the note intended to be secured thereby, Conn transferred to…
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The bill shows, that on 10th March, 1836, John Conn, since deceased, and Margaret his wife, conveyed to Joseph Joseph, Hardy Hendren, and others, a certain lot of ground in the city of Vicksburg, being lot 90, in square 16. That on the 19th March, 1836, said Joseph and others made a deed of trust to Everette and Morris, trustees, conveying this lot to secure the purchase-money to said John Conn, which trust, and the note intended to be secured thereby, Conn transferred to William Bacon, since deceased ; that Sophia Bacon, and I). Bacon, messenger, the complainants, are executor and executrix…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Chancellor.
Two questions are presented to me, by the facts of this case : 1, as to the sufficiency of the tender, and 2, as to the defendant’s claim to dower in the premises.
It is contended, in the answer of Mrs. Conn, that the alleged tender, by the complainant, was coupled with a condition that she was not bound to comply with, and which destroyed its claims to be considered a legal tender. And her counsel, in argument, insist strenuously, upon the same position. If the position taken in argument be true, that the tender was made upon a condition, not obligatory upon the defendant,…
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