Johnston v. Dick
Mississippi Supreme Court
On appeal from the superior court of chancery; Hon.' Stephen Cocke, chancellor. The opinion of the court contains substantially the facts of the case. Filed an elaborate written argument, giving an exposition of the facts of the case. By reference to the bill and answers of defendants, Johnston, Woodward & Prewett, it will be seen that this is a contest between them and Dick, Hill & McLean.
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On appeal from the superior court of chancery; Hon.' Stephen Cocke, chancellor. The opinion of the court contains substantially the facts of the case. Filed an elaborate written argument, giving an exposition of the facts of the case. By reference to the bill and answers of defendants, Johnston, Woodward & Prewett, it will be seen that this is a contest between them and Dick, Hill & McLean. Johnston, Woodward & Prewett, as judgment creditors of Henry & T. H. Christmas, seek to subject certain negroes to the payment of their debts. Dick & Hill, as mortgagors of the same property contest this,…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Fisher
The appellees filed this bill in the superior court of chancery to foreclose a mortgage executed by Richard Christmas and William B. Norfleet, to Henry and Thomas H. Christmas, on the 11th of February, 1840, to secure them in the payment of certain promissory notes therein specified, which notes, it' is alleged, were transferred to the complainants, in virtue of which they claim to be the equitable assignees of the mortgage.
The contest is between the complainants as equitable assignees of the mortgage, and the appellants as judgment creditors of Henry and Thomas H. Christmas. Executions *281having…
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