Dick v. Grissom
Mississippi Chancery Courts
The history of this case will sufficiently appear from the briefs of counsel and the opinion of the chancellor. This bill is filed for the purpose of setting aside a deed as fraudulent, made by defendant, John Grissom, to William Gris-som.
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The history of this case will sufficiently appear from the briefs of counsel and the opinion of the chancellor. This bill is filed for the purpose of setting aside a deed as fraudulent, made by defendant, John Grissom, to William Gris-som. The answers of defendants deny all fraud, and it remains for this court to say, whether, under the circumstances developed in the progress of this cause, it will not adjudge the deed fraudulent, notwithstanding the general denial contained in the answer. That “fraud will never be presumed,” we know to be a cherished maxim of the law. But at the same time,…
1Opinion of the Court
The Chancellor.
The complainants, as judgment creditors of the defendant John Grissom, seek to set aside a previous conveyance of land made by him to his co-defendant, William Grissom, who is his son. They allege that such conveyance was made to defraud creditors, and that no consideration whatever was paid or secured to be paid'therefor. The defendants have put in a joint answer, in which they deny all fraud, and state that the land was sold in good faith, for the consideration of eight thousand dollars; that this consideration was made up in part by a claim of thirty-nine hundred dollars,…
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