Young v. Adams
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the chancery court of Alcorn county. Hon. A. J. McIntyre, Chancellor. Suit by W. T. Adams against H. F. Young and others. General demurrer to hill overruled, and defendants appeal. This suit is predicated upon an alleged timber contract, entered into between J. B. and J. R. Berryman and John W. McIntyre.
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Appeal from the chancery court of Alcorn county. Hon. A. J. McIntyre, Chancellor. Suit by W. T. Adams against H. F. Young and others. General demurrer to hill overruled, and defendants appeal. This suit is predicated upon an alleged timber contract, entered into between J. B. and J. R. Berryman and John W. McIntyre. This instrument is an exhibit to the original bill, and is shown on pages 7 and 8 of the record. .For this suit to be maintainable, this instrument must, in the first place, be a contract; in the second place, it must be an assignable contract; and in the third place, when…
1Opinion of the CourtSykes, J.
This suit was instituted in the chancery court by the appellee, W. T. Adams, as complainant. The bill in short alleges that one of the defendants (appellants), John W. McIntyre, was the owner of a certain tract of timbered lands in Alcorn and Tippah counties, and on the 27th of March, 1917, entered into a contract with J. B. and J. R. Berryman, under the terms of which contract the timber on these lands was sold by McIntyre *9to the Berrymans. A copy of this contract is attached to the bill and hereafter will be set out in full. The terms of the contract are briefly stated in the bill.
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