Dickson v. Green
Court of Appeals of Mississippi
On appeal from the superior court of chancery; Hon. Stephen Cocke, chancellor. The bill shows that Caldwell and Dickson made a verbal contract for the sale of the lot in controversy to Finucane and Barnes; that Caldwell afterwards, being thereto authorized, reduced the contract to writing, and signed and delivered it to the purchasers, who executed their notes; that it was then understood and agreed that Dickson should sign the writing; that Dickson was then, and up to the…
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On appeal from the superior court of chancery; Hon. Stephen Cocke, chancellor. The bill shows that Caldwell and Dickson made a verbal contract for the sale of the lot in controversy to Finucane and Barnes; that Caldwell afterwards, being thereto authorized, reduced the contract to writing, and signed and delivered it to the purchasers, who executed their notes; that it was then understood and agreed that Dickson should sign the writing; that Dickson was then, and up to the time of his death, ready and willing to sign, and would have done so, but was prevented by his death before he had an…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Fisher
The appellee filed his bill in the superior court of chancery against the heirs at law of James C. Dickson, deceased, enjoining them from enforcing a certain judgment in ejectment which they had recovered in the circuit court of Hinds county against the appellee and others, for an undivided moiety of lot No. 2, in square No. —, in the city of Jackson.
The heirs of Isaac Caldwell, deceased, are also made parties defendants to the bill, but there is no controversy as to the relief sought' against them; and the questions at issue between appellee and Dickson’s hens will only be considered.
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