Carpenter v. Douglass
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the chancery court of Kemper county. Hon. J. F. McCool, Chancellor. Suit by W. F. Douglass and wife against J. T. Carpenter and others. From a decree for plaintiff, defendants appeal. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court.
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Appeal from the chancery court of Kemper county. Hon. J. F. McCool, Chancellor. Suit by W. F. Douglass and wife against J. T. Carpenter and others. From a decree for plaintiff, defendants appeal. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. There is only one question, without which there would have been no litigation in this matter, and that is: 1. Whose duty is it to pay the taxes? The vendee in possession under bond for title, or the vendor holding notes for the purchase money? It will be agreed by and between the attorneys on both sides that this is the question to be decided in…
1Opinion of the CourtCook, J.
•W. F. Douglass and his wife, Cornelia Dbuglass, filed their bill of complaint in the chancery court of Kemper county, alleging that W. F. Douglass leased certain lands in 1892 from J. C. Carpenter and his wife, and that in the lease the lessors agreed to keep the taxes on said lands paid; that afterwards he bargained for the land for the sum of two thousand and four hundred dollars, to be paid in ten annual payments of two hundred and forty dollars each; that Carpenter executed and delivered to him his bond for title, and that he went into possession of the land and remained in possession…
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