Baldwin v. Flash, Preston & Co.
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Hinds County. Hon. S. S. Calhoon, Judge. On the 5th of May, 1879, C. C. Parkman, a country merchant, executed a deed of trust to E. E. Baldwin, as trustee, for Bickham & Moore, merchants in New Orleans, to secure the payment of four promissory notes given by Parkman to Bickham & Moore on the 15th of April, 1879, and payable at different dates between the 15th of October, 1879, and the 15th of January, 1880, for the aggregate sum of about…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Hinds County. Hon. S. S. Calhoon, Judge. On the 5th of May, 1879, C. C. Parkman, a country merchant, executed a deed of trust to E. E. Baldwin, as trustee, for Bickham & Moore, merchants in New Orleans, to secure the payment of four promissory notes given by Parkman to Bickham & Moore on the 15th of April, 1879, and payable at different dates between the 15th of October, 1879, and the 15th of January, 1880, for the aggregate sum of about $16,000. The deed conveyed several parcels of land, and “ also all of the stock of goods, wares, merchandise, and chattels…
1Opinion of the CourtCampbell, J.
The objections to the writ of attachment as issued by a justice of the peace in Jackson, and returnable and returned within less than five days after its issuance, are without merit.
Treating the deed of trust executed by Parkman on the 5th of May, 1879, as having no validity as such with respect to third persons not parties to it, because of its non-registration, but regarding it as first made when it was filed for record, we discover nothing in the transaction by which Baldwin received a surrender of the goods for the benefit and security of Bickham & Moore, except the very frequent…
2Cited by3 opinions
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- Baldwin v. FlashMississippi Supreme Court · 1881
- Kaufman v. Simon & Co.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1902