Levy v. Merchants Bank & Trust Co.
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from chancery court of Hinds county. Hon. L. F. Easterling, Chancellor. Suit by Winfred Levy against the Merchants’ Bank & Trust Company,, executor of the estate of Marx Levy. From the decree plaintiff appeals, and from part thereof defendant prosecutes a cross-appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
Ethridge,, J.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
The appellant filed a petition in the chancery court against the appellee to establish his claim as a superior claim to all other persons to such funds as might be in the possession of the appellee as executor of the estate of Marx Levy, and for a decree directing the executor to pay the account to the petitioner, and for general relief.
The executor contested the claim of the appellant, first, on the ground that it was void for uncertainty of description and denying that there was any such indebtedness or deed of trust in fact due, and…
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