Legal Opinion

Dunn v. Anderson

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided March 19, 1956No. 39970PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtHall, J.

On January 25, 1937, Muss Dunn, an old Negro, was the owner of '320 acres of land in Clarke County. His wife had died before that date and he was the father of twelve children. On the date named he executed three deeds, one to his son Yatin Dunn, one to his son, Samson A. Dunn, and one to his daughter, Ida McLendon, conveying to each of them an undivided one-fourth interest in said land. All of said land at that time was encumbered by a deed of trust to the Federal Land Bank, and each of said deeds obligated the grantee therein to assume and discharge one-fourth of the indebtedness due to the…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Garrett v. PIGFORD, SUB. TRUSTEEMississippi Supreme Court · 1953

3Cited by16 opinions

  1. United States of America Ex Rel. Robert Lee Goldsby v. William Harpole, Superintendent of the Mississippi State Penitentiary, Parchman, MississippiCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1959
  2. Matthew Winters v. Thomas D. Cook, Superintendent of the Mississippi State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
  3. Thomas v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1987
  4. Goldsby v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1955
  5. Goldsby v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1960

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