Hampton v. Rouse
Supreme Court of the United States
Error to the Circuit Court for the Southern District of Mississippi; the case being thus : A valuable plantation iu Mississippi belonging to Wade Hampton, and at the time in his possession, though mortgaged by him, was sold on the 11th of April, 1867, to John Rouse, under a statute of the State just named, entitled “An act to incorporate the Board of Levee Commissioners, &c.”* This act gives to this board power to assess taxes on lands such as the plantation of Hampton was,…
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Error to the Circuit Court for the Southern District of Mississippi; the case being thus : A valuable plantation iu Mississippi belonging to Wade Hampton, and at the time in his possession, though mortgaged by him, was sold on the 11th of April, 1867, to John Rouse, under a statute of the State just named, entitled “An act to incorporate the Board of Levee Commissioners, &c.”* This act gives to this board power to assess taxes on lands such as the plantation of Hampton was, and if the taxes are not paid to have the sheriff sell the lands. It contains, however, this provision on the subject of…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Clifford
It appears by the record that the otter to redeem was made by the agent of the owner on the 10th of April, 1869, less than two years from the sale. This was within proper time, as allowed by law.
It is clear that a decree in bankruptcy, without more, will not, under the Bankrupt Act, which in the first part of its eleventh section provides for the decree, have the effect to discharge the debts of the petitioner nor to divest him of the title to either his real or personal estate. And argument is hardly necessary to show that none of the proceedings contemplated in- any part of the eleventh…
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