Baker v. Griffin
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the Chancery Court of Choctaw County. Hon.. D. P. Coffey, Chancellor. The bill of Hardy M. Griffin, complainant below, shows: That, in the latter part of 1868, he sold and conveyed the following lands to J. W. Hill, to wit.: North half of southwest quarter of section three, township nineteen, range eleven east, together with other lands, for $1,200, the receipt of which sum is acknowledged in the deed of conveyance, but only $400 was paid.
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Appeal from the Chancery Court of Choctaw County. Hon.. D. P. Coffey, Chancellor. The bill of Hardy M. Griffin, complainant below, shows: That, in the latter part of 1868, he sold and conveyed the following lands to J. W. Hill, to wit.: North half of southwest quarter of section three, township nineteen, range eleven east, together with other lands, for $1,200, the receipt of which sum is acknowledged in the deed of conveyance, but only $400 was paid. Said deed of conveyance was never recorded. In February, 1869, said Hill sold said north half of southwest quarter, section three, township…
1Opinion of the CourtTarbell, J.
In December, 1868, H. M. Griffin sold and conveyed several tracts of land to J. W. Hill in consideration of $1,200, of which Hill paid cash $400, and gave his notes for $800. The deed contained covenants of warranty, and was absolute on its face.
Hill sold and conveyed to H. M. Logue, in February, 1869, a part of said lands for the sum of $400, secured by the notes of Logue. This deed contained covenants of warranty and was absolute on its face. Logue made this purchase and accepted the conveyance with full knowledge that, except the payment of $400, the purchase money due from Hill to Griffin…
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