Maddux v. Jones
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the Chancery Court of Jefferson County. Hon. J. M. Ellis, Chancellor. The opinion of the court contains a sufficient statement of the case. Stated the case, and cited the following authorities, to wit; Story’s Eq. PL, 72-76; id., §§ 136-7-8; 31 Miss., 624; 40 id., 778 ; 41 id., 490; 47 id., 289 ; 46 id., 97 ; Story’s Eq. PL, 160-177-180; 31 Miss., 353; 45 id., 619; 46 id., 740; Story’s Eq. PL, § 193; 34 Miss., 304; 1 Parsons Cont.
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Appeal from the Chancery Court of Jefferson County. Hon. J. M. Ellis, Chancellor. The opinion of the court contains a sufficient statement of the case. Stated the case, and cited the following authorities, to wit; Story’s Eq. PL, 72-76; id., §§ 136-7-8; 31 Miss., 624; 40 id., 778 ; 41 id., 490; 47 id., 289 ; 46 id., 97 ; Story’s Eq. PL, 160-177-180; 31 Miss., 353; 45 id., 619; 46 id., 740; Story’s Eq. PL, § 193; 34 Miss., 304; 1 Parsons Cont. (5th ed.), 219; 24 Miss., 76, 77; Story on Bills, § 441; 2 Greenl. Ev. (4th ed.), §§ 519-20 ; 48 Miss., 450, 456 ; Kausler et al. v. Ford, 47 Miss., 289…
1Opinion of the Court
Simrall, J.,
delivered, the opinion of the court.
Asa P. Jones, Dudley W. Jones and Laura A. Jones, his wife, allege in their bill and amended bill, that they, with Anna M. Jones, sold and conveyed to Thomas S. Osteen, the Waterloo plantation, for the sum of $12,600, to be paid íd three equal annual installments. . One payment was made in hand, the other two of $4,200 each, matured respectively the 1st of January, 1861 and 1862. A lien, in the nature of an equitable mortgage, was reserved and retained upon the property as security for the purchase money.
*533For the installment due the 1st of…
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