Hill v. Godwin
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the chancery court of Tippah county. Hon. “J. G. McGowen, Chancellor. Bill by Elisha Godwin and others against Sam Hill and others. From a judgment for plaintiffs, defendants appeal. Appellees were complainants in the court below, and appellants were defendants.
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Appeal from the chancery court of Tippah county. Hon. “J. G. McGowen, Chancellor. Bill by Elisha Godwin and others against Sam Hill and others. From a judgment for plaintiffs, defendants appeal. Appellees were complainants in the court below, and appellants were defendants. The hill alleged that complainants were the children and grandchildren of Mrs. Jane Hill, deceased, by a former marriage to one J. A. Godwin, and that defendant Sam Hill was the surviving husband of said Jane Hill, and that the other children were the children and grandchildren of said Sam Hill and Jane Hill; that said…
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, C. J.
This cause is ruled by Martin v. Martin, 69 Miss. 315, 13 So. 267, from which it follows that the court below should not have required security of appellant Sam Hill; and, since that fact must determine the present controversy, the decree of the court below is reversed, and the hill dismissed.
Reversed and dismissed.
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Martin v. MartinMississippi Supreme Court · 1891
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