Dickerson v. Thomas
Mississippi Supreme Court
From the chancery court of Coahoma county. PIoN. 'W. Pc. Trigg, Chancellor. The appellee, Thomas, exhibited the bill in this case to cancel a conveyance of a plantation and certain personal property made by him to the appellant, Dickerson, who had been placed in possession of the property.
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From the chancery court of Coahoma county. PIoN. 'W. Pc. Trigg, Chancellor. The appellee, Thomas, exhibited the bill in this case to cancel a conveyance of a plantation and certain personal property made by him to the appellant, Dickerson, who had been placed in possession of the property. The bill alleged that the conveyance was obtained through fraud and misrepresentation ; that the consideration was an indebtedness claimed to be due the defendant, but which was in great part usurious, and that complainant was entitled to large credits that had not been given. The bill prayed for an…
1Opinion of the CourtWoods, C. J.
In reversing the former decree of the chancery court in this cause, at the April term, 1890, we declared, in concluding our opinion, that we affirmed so much of the decree reversed as vacated the conveyance from Thomas to Dickerson and directed the taking of the account. This affirmance of the decree, in so far as it vacated the conveyance named and directed the taking of the account, had the effect of leaving the appellant in the situation in which he was then found — that of a mortgagee in possession — with the right of the mortgagor, to redeem, if, upon accounting, anything was found to be…
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