Davis v. Williams
Mississippi Supreme Court
From the circuit court of Washington county. Hon. R. W. Williamson, Judge. W. T. Davis recovered a judgment against Merrit Williams. Execution was issued on the judgment and levied on certain mules, and Irene S. Williams, the wife of the debtor, filed a claim thereto. The claimant’s issue was tried before the court, a jury having been waived, on an agreed statement of facts.
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From the circuit court of Washington county. Hon. R. W. Williamson, Judge. W. T. Davis recovered a judgment against Merrit Williams. Execution was issued on the judgment and levied on certain mules, and Irene S. Williams, the wife of the debtor, filed a claim thereto. The claimant’s issue was tried before the court, a jury having been waived, on an agreed statement of facts. The facts, in so far as they relate to the issue involved, are in substance as follows: W. T. Davis sold the mules in question, on November 18, 1892, to Merrit Williams, in Washington county, Miss. The mules were carried…
1Opinion of the CourtCooper, C. J.
Our code provision requiring transfers from the husband to the wife, or from her to him, to be recorded, has no application to property situated out of this state. Walker v. Marseilles, 70 Miss., 283.
Affirmed.
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Walker v. MarseillesMississippi Supreme Court · 1892