Douglas v. Bennett
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the Chancery Court of Lawrence County. Hon. Gr. S. McMillan, Chancellor. Stephen A. Douglas, the father and guardian of appellants, sold under a decree of probate court.the lands in controversy, as the property of his wards, when one James Strickland purchased, and who afterwards sold the same to one J. W. Bennett.
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Appeal from the Chancery Court of Lawrence County. Hon. Gr. S. McMillan, Chancellor. Stephen A. Douglas, the father and guardian of appellants, sold under a decree of probate court.the lands in controversy, as the property of his wards, when one James Strickland purchased, and who afterwards sold the same to one J. W. Bennett. The guardian died in 1861, and the wards, upon attaining their majority, sued Bennett in ejectment to recover the land, when Bennett and Strickland filed their bill for injunction to restrain the proceedings at law, alleging that the proceedings and sale to Strickland…
1Opinion of the CourtSimrall, J.
The late Stephen A. Douglas was constituted by the probate court of Lawrence county, guardian of his two infant sons, the plaintiffs in error. Mrs. Douglas, the wife of Senator Douglas, and the mother of these children, derived, as devisee and legatee of her father, a large estate, consisting of lands and slaves in Lawrence county. She died in 1854, intestate, her surviving husband closed up her estate as administrator, and became the guardian of the children. In 1858, Judge Douglas conceived the purpose of selling the real estate in Lawrence county, which had descended to his wards, and…
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