Maris v. Lindsey
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from chancery court of Madison county. Hon. V. J. Stricken, Chancellor. Suit by Sarah Jones Lindsey and others against C. T. Maris and others. From a decree mating an injunction perpetual, defendants appeal. Affirmed and remanded.
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Appeal from chancery court of Madison county. Hon. V. J. Stricken, Chancellor. Suit by Sarah Jones Lindsey and others against C. T. Maris and others. From a decree mating an injunction perpetual, defendants appeal. Affirmed and remanded. The appellees filed a bill in the chancery court against the appellants, alleging that the complainants, who are the appellees here, are the descendants of one Easter Jones, who died intestate on or about the 8th day of September, 1911, leaving named parties as her heirs, and setting forth the subsequent death of a portion of the heirs and the names of their…
1Opinion of the CourtEthridge, J.
(After stating the facts as above.) It will be seen from what we have stated that the principal thing considered on the motion dissolved is the validity of the trustees’ sales above referred to, and this appeal is principally for the purpose of seeing if this court will overrule a decision rendered by it in the case of the Planters’ Mercantile Co. v. Braxton, 120 Miss. 470, 82 So. 323. On this appeal a vigorous assault is made on the Braxton C'ase, supra, not only by the attorney for the appellants, but by several attorneys as amicus curiae, and there are also briefs amicus curiae to sustain…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Planters Mercantile Co. v. BraxtonMississippi Supreme Court · 1919
- Lake v. CastlemanMississippi Supreme Court · 1917
- Erwin v. LeeMississippi Supreme Court · 1918
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