Ratliff v. Davis
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from tbe Chancery Court of Rankin county. Hon. John Watts, chancellor. Cited Servís v. Beatty, 32 Miss. R. 83; Wood v. Ford, 29 Id. 57; Fane's Heirs v. Graves and Wife, 4 S. & M. 711; Fairly v. Thompson, 34 Miss. R. 101.
1Opinion of the CourtHandy, J.
This suit was commenced by a bill filed in the Court of Chancery of Rankin county, by the appellant, to foreclose a mortgage executed by the appellee on the 26th March, 1857, to secure a debt of one thousand dollars therein acknowledged to be -due by him to Margaret A. Lucy. The bill showed that the appellant intermarried with Margaret A. Lucy, after the date of the mortgage, and that she subsequently died, leaving no children nor descendants, and the appellant surviving her, who thereby became entitled in law to the benefit of the mortgage.
After a demurrer to the bill, which was overruled,…
2Cited by1 opinion
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