Gaines & Stegall v. Coney & Rice
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the Cbauoery Court of Monroe County. Hon. O. H. Whitfield, Chancellor. This case was before the court, and finally decided on its merits and reported in 49 Miss., 762, which contains a full statement of the facts and law of the case, and affirming the decree of the court below, to which reference is here made.
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Appeal from the Cbauoery Court of Monroe County. Hon. O. H. Whitfield, Chancellor. This case was before the court, and finally decided on its merits and reported in 49 Miss., 762, which contains a full statement of the facts and law of the case, and affirming the decree of the court below, to which reference is here made. The following are the assignments of error, to-wit: 1. The chancery court erred in overruling the exceptions to the report of R. B. Little, clerk and master. 2. The chancery court erred in the final decree rendered against appellants. 3. The chancery court erred in excluding…
1Opinion of the CourtSimrall, J.
This case was in this court at the April term, 1874, on the appeal of Stegall from the interlocutory decree, which declared his liability for part of the assets of Coney, Rice & Gaines, on the ground of his fraudulent combination with Gaines and intermeddling with the assets. It is reported in 49 Miss., 761.
Upon return of the cause to the chancery court, an account was taken by the master in accordance with instructions. On the coming in of the report, Gaines & Stegall filed exceptions, which were overruled, and thereupon a final decree was entered, from which both of these parties have…
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- Bank v. Carrollton RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1871
- Williams v. GageMississippi Supreme Court · 1874
- Stegall v. ConeyMississippi Supreme Court · 1874
- Chapman v. EvansMississippi Supreme Court · 1870
- Phillips v. McLaughlinMississippi Supreme Court · 1853
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