Johnson v. McCabe
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the Chancery Court of Washington county. Mon. Thomas Shackelford, chancellor. Appellees, the administrator and heirs of James Johnson, deceased, filed their bill in the court below, against appellants, the executor and heirs of Edward P. Johnson, deceased, to enforce the vendor’s lien on certain lands. Process was duly-issued and returned, as stated in the opinion of the court.
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Appeal from the Chancery Court of Washington county. Mon. Thomas Shackelford, chancellor. Appellees, the administrator and heirs of James Johnson, deceased, filed their bill in the court below, against appellants, the executor and heirs of Edward P. Johnson, deceased, to enforce the vendor’s lien on certain lands. Process was duly-issued and returned, as stated in the opinion of the court. After the return of. the process as to Pettie Erwin, an infant, on motion of appellees, a guardian acl litem was appointed for her. The answer of the guardian ad litem is as follows: “ Edward McCabe et al.…
1Opinion of the CourtPeyton, J.
In this case, it appears that James Johnson, and Mary, his wife, conveyed, together with other property, a certain tract of *257land, situated in the county of Washington, in this State, to Edward P. Johnson; and that Edward McCabe and Mary It. McCabe, his wife, and Albert S. Johnson and Mary Alice Johnson, minor children and heirs-at-law of James Johnson, deceased, who sue by their next friend, and Edward McCabe, administrator of the estate of James Johnson, deceased, file their bill in the Chancery Court of said county of Washington, against Edward P. Johnson, James L. Johnson, Fitz William…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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