Grace v. Pierce
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from chancery court of Leflore county. Hon. G. E. Williams, Chancellor. Suits between M. B. Grace and M. F. Pierce and between Mrs. Cora Scruggs and Robert Herman and another were decided in one opinion coming to the supreme court in one record, in which M. B. Grace appeals from a decree in the former, and Mrs. Cora Scruggs appeals from a decree in the latter. Decree in the former case affirmed.
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Appeal from chancery court of Leflore county. Hon. G. E. Williams, Chancellor. Suits between M. B. Grace and M. F. Pierce and between Mrs. Cora Scruggs and Robert Herman and another were decided in one opinion coming to the supreme court in one record, in which M. B. Grace appeals from a decree in the former, and Mrs. Cora Scruggs appeals from a decree in the latter. Decree in the former case affirmed. The judgments rendered by the justice of the peace courts in the year 1911, against Mr. Scruggs and in favor of Messrs. Robert Herman and George A. Wilson, were, at the time of the decision of…
1Opinion of the CourtCook, J.
■ In the year 1914 A. J. Scruggs filed suit against, the McShane Cotton Company seeking to recover usury that had been paid to said company. In September, 1919, a ■final decree was entered in fa-vor of complainant, and an appeal from this decree was affirmed by this court. Thereafter the McShane Cotton Company filed a bill of inter-pleader against various parties alleging that the complainant was ready and anxious to pay the amount of the indebtedness under said decree to any person or persons entitled thereto, but that the various parties defendant were asserting claim to the amount of money…
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