Belt v. Adams
Mississippi Supreme Court
Aituía'l from chancery court of Tallahatchie county. Hon. W. F. Gee, Chancellor. Suit by C. I. Belt and others against J. C. Adams. Decree for defendant, and plaintiffs appeal. The appellants filed a bill in the chancery court of Tallahatchie county against the appellee for the possession of certain lands and for rents thereon from 1917 to the date of the filing of this suit.
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Aituía'l from chancery court of Tallahatchie county. Hon. W. F. Gee, Chancellor. Suit by C. I. Belt and others against J. C. Adams. Decree for defendant, and plaintiffs appeal. The appellants filed a bill in the chancery court of Tallahatchie county against the appellee for the possession of certain lands and for rents thereon from 1917 to the date of the filing of this suit. The bill alleged that the appellants are children and representatives of children of L. Carlton Belt, who died in 1862 in Bullock county, Ga., which county was his domicile, and that he died seized and possessed of…
1Opinion of the CourtEthridge, J.
(After stating the facts as' above.) There are many exhibits to the bill, and numerous allegations deemed not material for the purpose of this opinion to be set forth. In our opinion the allegations of the bill are sufficient, if true, to authorize the court t,o grant relief. While L. Carlton Belt at his death owed a note against the lands in controversy, which constituted a basis for the establishment of a vendor’s lien, and in a proper proceeding, properly carried out, a sale thereunder would divest title out of the estate of said L. Carlton Belt, which title would be superior to the will…
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