Sowell v. Rankin
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the chancery court of Simpson county. How G. G. Ltell, Special Chancellor. Suit for injunction by C. R. Rankin and-another against T. J. Sowell and another as sheriff to .enjoin them from selling certain propery. From an order of the chancellor sustaining the injunction and making it perpetual, defendant, T. J. Sowell, appeals.
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Appeal from the chancery court of Simpson county. How G. G. Ltell, Special Chancellor. Suit for injunction by C. R. Rankin and-another against T. J. Sowell and another as sheriff to .enjoin them from selling certain propery. From an order of the chancellor sustaining the injunction and making it perpetual, defendant, T. J. Sowell, appeals. On December 15, 1915, one J. W. Rankin, being then indebted to appellant, T. J. Sowell, conveyed his property, consisting of lands, to his father, C. R: Rankin. The deed was sent by mail by J. W. Rankin to the chancery clerk of Simpson county, where the…
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, C. J.
The case presented to us by this record is correctly stated in the brief of • counsel'for the' appellant, which statement the reporter will set out in full. The question presented to us for decision is stated by counsel for the appellant as follows:
“Does the fact that J. W. Rankin gave a deed to his father, C. R. Rankin, before our judgment was' rendered, convey the title so as to prevent appellant from levying his execution, where the deed was never filed or recorded because no internal Revenue stamp was placed thereon until after our judgment was rendered V’ 1
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