Stovall v. Judah
Mississippi Supreme Court
From the chancery court of Chickasaw county, first district. Suit by Judah, appellee, against Stovall and others, to confirm title to lands. The decree of the chancery court was in complainants’ favor; the defendants appeal. The facts are stated in the opinion.
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From the chancery court of Chickasaw county, first district. Suit by Judah, appellee, against Stovall and others, to confirm title to lands. The decree of the chancery court was in complainants’ favor; the defendants appeal. The facts are stated in the opinion. If the court holds, as we contend it must, that the evidence is insufficient to show a reconveyance, then, was the Dundee Mortgage Company an innocent incumbrancer, and John M. Judah an innocent bona fide purchaser ? We think not. Henry Stovall and his family had been in possession of this land, occupying and cultivating it, for years,…
1Opinion of the CourtStogkdale, J.
It appears from the evidence in this case, as disclosed by the record, that T.D.Payne, on the twenty-ninth of December, 1881, sold and conveyed to Henry Stovall the southeast \ of section 15, township 13, range 4 east, situated in Chickasaw county, Mississippi, for $1,750, to be paid in four annual installments of $437.50 each, commencing November 1, 1882; and that Henry Stovall executed, on the same day, a deed of trust on the same lands, to secure the payment of said four notes to T. D. Payne, B. J. Abbott being trustee, which trust deed was put upon record January 28, 1882, filed January…
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