Edmonson v. Meacham
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from tbe Chancery Court of De Soto County. Hod. J. E. Simmonds, Chancellor. Edmondson and Wynn filed their bill in the chancery court of De Soto county, alleging that at the August term, 1867, of the circuit court of De Soto county, they obtained a judgment against H. B. Meacham, for the sum of $1,066 and costs, that a ft. fa. was issued upon said judgment, directed to the sheriff of De Soto county, and returned by him nulla bona.
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Appeal from tbe Chancery Court of De Soto County. Hod. J. E. Simmonds, Chancellor. Edmondson and Wynn filed their bill in the chancery court of De Soto county, alleging that at the August term, 1867, of the circuit court of De Soto county, they obtained a judgment against H. B. Meacham, for the sum of $1,066 and costs, that a ft. fa. was issued upon said judgment, directed to the sheriff of De Soto county, and returned by him nulla bona. That on the 9th day of April, 1866, Meacham had purchased and paid for out of his own means, from one Eitzgerald, a valuable tract of land in De Soto county,…
1Opinion of the CourtSimrall, J.
The decree of the chancery court found that the moneys of the husband Meacham, paid for the land, and that the conveyance was made directly by Eitzgerald to Meacham’s wife and children; and that this transaction was in fraud of his creditors.
*38After a sale had been made under the decree, the court directed, upon Meacham’s petition, that $1,500, part of the sale money, should be paid over to him in lieu of his homestead.
That decree is before us for review. Waiving all questions as to the time and mode of the application, we proceed to the inquiry whether H. B. Meacham had an exemption in the…
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