Hall v. Green
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the Chancery Court of Sharkey County. Hon. W. G. Phelps, Chancellor.' The case is stated in the opinion of the court. There was no lien on the property sought to be reached. More 'than seven years elapsed between the rendition of the judgment and the filing of the bill —and the lien of the judgment was gone notwithstanding the issuance of executions.
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Appeal from the Chancery Court of Sharkey County. Hon. W. G. Phelps, Chancellor.' The case is stated in the opinion of the court. There was no lien on the property sought to be reached. More 'than seven years elapsed between the rendition of the judgment and the filing of the bill —and the lien of the judgment was gone notwithstanding the issuance of executions. Buckner v. Pipes, 56 Miss. 366. Also 2 Geo. 143; 2 Geo. 660; 54 Miss. 695. The bill does not show that the judgment was ever enrolled in either Issaquena or Sharkey Countjr, and this was necessary in order to make it a lien —…
1Opinion of the CourtChalmers, J.
The complicated facts set forth in the bill, which is demurred to, rpay, for the purpose of adjudication, be compressed into the following statement. In 1866, Lacey Williams, for the purpose of defrauding his minor niece, Mary Ellen Green, to whom he was largely indebted, sold his entire estate, and by collusion with his brother, Sampson Williams, invested the *55proceeds in the purchase of certain outstanding notes of his brother, which were in the hands of one Gibbons. The notes, though bought by Lacey Williams, were nominally transferred to Margaret Williams, the insane wife of Sampson, the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Fleming v. GraftonMississippi Supreme Court · 1876
- Buckner v. PipesMississippi Supreme Court · 1879
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