Foy v. Foy
Mississippi Supreme Court
On appeal from tbe northern district chancery court at Car-rollton ; Hon. Henry Dickinson, vice-chancellor. The appellant, on the 16th of June, 1850, filed his bill, stating in substance: that Frederick W. Foy, on the 28th of August, 1849, had exhibited in the district chancery court his bill against Amos J. Foy, on the following case, namely; that said F. W. Foy was a minor, and owned a negro slave which his father sold to said Amos Foy, and for the purchase-money took a…
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On appeal from tbe northern district chancery court at Car-rollton ; Hon. Henry Dickinson, vice-chancellor. The appellant, on the 16th of June, 1850, filed his bill, stating in substance: that Frederick W. Foy, on the 28th of August, 1849, had exhibited in the district chancery court his bill against Amos J. Foy, on the following case, namely; that said F. W. Foy was a minor, and owned a negro slave which his father sold to said Amos Foy, and for the purchase-money took a note or writing obligatory for the sum of f850, due and payable to said Frederick Foy when he became of age. That he…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Yerger
On the 18th of June, 1850, the appellant filed a bill for the purpose of opening a final decree, rendered at the April term of that court, and for a rehearing of the cause. The original suit was tried upon its merits, upon bill, answer, and proof. The grounds taken for relief in the record before us are : 1st, *212that the testimony on which the original decree was rendered is false; 2d, that the party had no personal notice of the time and place of taking that testimony; 3d, that his solicitor, -upon whom the notice was served, was ignorant of his post-office, and on inquiry, could not find it…
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