Legal Opinion

Hancock v. Pyle

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided September 22, 1941No. 34429PublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtAnderson, J.

• Mrs. Thella McClellan borrowed a sum of money from W. I. Hancock and to secure the same gave him her note secured by deed of trust on 159% acres of land owned by her: Hancock has since died and Pyle is the adminis trator of his estate. Default was made in the payment of the indebtedness resulting in a foreclosure in pais. At the sale Hancock became the purchaser and received the trustee’s deed accordingly. He died afterwards. Mrs. McClellan filed the bill in this case against Hancock’s administrator and his heirs seeking to set aside the foreclosure sale upon the ground that it was void.…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Tyler v. HerringMississippi Supreme Court · 1889
  2. Feld v. BorodofskiMississippi Supreme Court · 1905
  3. McAllister v. HoneaMississippi Supreme Court · 1893
  4. Gray v. HarrisMississippi Supreme Court · 1871
  5. Hesdorffer v. WelshMississippi Supreme Court · 1921

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3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Moore v. StephensSupreme Court of Alabama · 1956
  2. Graham v. OliverMissouri Court of Appeals · 1983
  3. Stevenson v. StevensonMississippi Supreme Court · 1991
  4. Toney v. AdairDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1960
  5. Barrett v. FondrenSupreme Court of Alabama · 1955

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