Brantley v. Wolf
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the Chancery Court of Grenada County. Hon. J. B. MORGAN, Chancellor. This appeal was taken by Mrs. Hattie A. Brantley, the defendant in the court below, from a decree in favor of the complainant, upon bill, answer, and proofs.
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Appeal from the Chancery Court of Grenada County. Hon. J. B. MORGAN, Chancellor. This appeal was taken by Mrs. Hattie A. Brantley, the defendant in the court below, from a decree in favor of the complainant, upon bill, answer, and proofs. The questions presented by the pleadings, and the effect of the proof are indicated in the opinion of the court. 1. The appellee urges that the acts of appellant at the date of sale in June, 1872, were of such a nature and character as to estop her in this suit, and rely upon the case of Ferguson v. Bobo, 54 Miss. 121; and invoke the rule there announced to…
1Opinion of the CourtChalmers, J.
On the 6th of June, 1872, Mrs. Hattie A. Brantley, then in the seventeenth year of her age, in conjunction with her husband, sold to one Harrison, a lot in the town of Grenada, for the sum of $300 cash in hand paid. Harrison, having first built upon it, sold the lot to complainant Wolf, against whom Mrs. Brantley, having now come of age, has brought ejectment *430to recover the property upon the ground that her conveyance, having been executed during infancy, is voidable at her election. This bill has been filed by Wolf, to enjoin the prosecution of the suit in ejectment upon several minor…
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