Fernwood Lumber Co. v. Meehan-Rounds Lumber Co.
Mississippi Supreme Court
From the chancery court of Lauderdale county. Hon. Stone Deavours] Chancellor. ' The Meehan-Bounds Lumber Company, the appellee, was the complainant, and the Fernwood Lumber Company, the appellant, was defendant in the court below. From a decree in complainant’s favor the defendant appealed 'to the supreme court. The opinion states the facts of the case.
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From the chancery court of Lauderdale county. Hon. Stone Deavours] Chancellor. ' The Meehan-Bounds Lumber Company, the appellee, was the complainant, and the Fernwood Lumber Company, the appellant, was defendant in the court below. From a decree in complainant’s favor the defendant appealed 'to the supreme court. The opinion states the facts of the case. It was contended by the appellee that it was a bona fide purchaser for value of the lands in question without notice of the pendency of the said suit between this appellant and Greene and Thomas, and without knowledge of the fraudulent…
1Opinion of the CourtTruly, J.
On February 5, 1902, the Eernwood Lumber Company, holding an unsecured debt against one J. II. Greene, a citizen of the state of Iowa, .filed a creditors’ bill in the chancery court, by virtue of the provisions of § 503, Code 1892, against said Greene and wife and one B. E. Thomas, also a non-resident, seeking to have canceled, as against its rights, a certain deed executed by said Greene and wife to Thomas, purporting to convey certain lands in Lauderdale county, this state. ' This deed, the bill of complaint averred, was fraudulent, collusive, and intended to hinder complainant in the…
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