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Partee v. Kortrecht

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided October 15, 1876PublishedCited by 12 opinions

Appeal from the Chancery Court of Panola County. Hon. J. C. Gray, Chancellor. cited Hargrove v. Baskin, 50 Miss. 194; Riley v. Moseley, 44 Miss. 87 ; Story Confl. Laws, § 514 et seg. cited §§ 1039, 1088, 1184, Code 1871; Goodrich v. Pendleton, 4 Johns. Ch. 549; Williams on Executors, 180-204; Lomax on Executors, 92-94; 1 Story Eq. Jur. §§ 531-534; McRea v. Walker, 4 How. (Miss.) 455 ; Carmichael v. Browder, 3 How.

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Appeal from the Chancery Court of Panola County. Hon. J. C. Gray, Chancellor. cited Hargrove v. Baskin, 50 Miss. 194; Riley v. Moseley, 44 Miss. 87 ; Story Confl. Laws, § 514 et seg. cited §§ 1039, 1088, 1184, Code 1871; Goodrich v. Pendleton, 4 Johns. Ch. 549; Williams on Executors, 180-204; Lomax on Executors, 92-94; 1 Story Eq. Jur. §§ 531-534; McRea v. Walker, 4 How. (Miss.) 455 ; Carmichael v. Browder, 3 How. (Miss.) 252 ; Comstock v. Rayford, 1 S. & M. 423; Trotter v. White, 10 S. & M, 607; Freeman v. Malcolm, 11 S. & M. 53; Statham v. New York Life Ins. Co., 45 Miss. 581; Allen v.…

1Opinion of the CourtSimrall, C. J.

The complainants are creditors of Hiram Partee, deceased, late a citizen and resident of Tennessee. Administration was granted on his estate in Tennessee. There the estate is insolvent. The intestate owned, at the time of his death, a section of land in Panola County in this State, but no personal property. The relief sought is to subject the land to the complainants’ debt.

The complainants point out real estate of their deceased non-resident debtor, and refer to the statute, Code, § 1134, which declares that “ the lands, tenements and hereditaments of the intestate . . . shall also stand…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Goodwin v. JonesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1807
  2. Brodie v. BickleySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1830
  3. Vaughn v. BarretSupreme Court of Vermont · 1833
  4. Carroll v. McPikeMississippi Supreme Court · 1876
  5. Ferguson v. ScottMississippi Supreme Court · 1873

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Broadhead v. TerpeningMississippi Supreme Court · 1992
  2. Ventress v. WallaceMississippi Supreme Court · 1916
  3. Bolton v. BarnettMississippi Supreme Court · 1923
  4. Tolbert v. Southgate Timber Co.Court of Appeals of Mississippi · 2006
  5. Richardson v. NeblettMississippi Supreme Court · 1920

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