Brown v. Brown
Mississippi Supreme Court
From the chancery court of Washington county. ITon. Percy Bell, Chancellor. Turner Brown, the appellee, was complainant in the court below, and Margaret Ford Brown, the appellant, was defendant there.
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From the chancery court of Washington county. ITon. Percy Bell, Chancellor. Turner Brown, the appellee, was complainant in the court below, and Margaret Ford Brown, the appellant, was defendant there. From a decree overruling the demurrer of defendant to the bill of complaint, defendant appealed to the supreme court. ■ The complainant, Turner Brown, filed a bill in chancery against Margaret Ford Brown, wherein he alleged that he had married her in Washington county in 1899 and had lived with her on her premises for six’ years continuously, when she left him, and moved to Memphis, Tennessee,…
1Opinion of the CourtWhitfield, C. J.
The marriage of the parties was null and void. The appellee was an entire stranger and pure volunteer. Tie had no interest whatever in the property, and all his payments were made as a simple volunteer. The case was precisely within the principles announced in the case of Berry v. Bullock, 81 Miss., 463, 33 South., 410, and the authorities therein cited.
The decree is reversed, and demurrer sustained, and the bill dismissed.
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Berry v. BullockMississippi Supreme Court · 1902
3Cited by1 opinion
- Russell v. GrishamMississippi Supreme Court · 1936