Brown v. British & American Mortgage Co.
Mississippi Supreme Court
Prom the chancery court of Amite county. Hon. William P. S. Ventress, Chancellor. - Brown, the appellant, was complainant in the court below, and the mortgage company and others, appellees, were defendants there. Prom a decree in favor of the defendants the complainant appealed to the supreme court. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. 1. The instrument purporting to substitute M. H. Wilkinson as trustee, signed by A. It. Shattuck and L. IT.
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Prom the chancery court of Amite county. Hon. William P. S. Ventress, Chancellor. - Brown, the appellant, was complainant in the court below, and the mortgage company and others, appellees, were defendants there. Prom a decree in favor of the defendants the complainant appealed to the supreme court. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. 1. The instrument purporting to substitute M. H. Wilkinson as trustee, signed by A. It. Shattuck and L. IT. Graham, is a nullity. The instrument is not under seal, as provided by Code 1892, § 2437. The members of the board of directors have no…
1Opinion of the CourtCox, J.
This was a suit in the chancery court of Amite county by W. B. Brown against the British and American Mortgage Co., *397and others, seeking to have a sale and deed of conveyance of certain lands to the said British and American Mortgage Oo., made by M. H. Wilkinson, as substituted trustee in a deed of trust given by said W. K. Brown, to secure to said British and American Mortgage Co. certain sums of money therein mentioned, held for naught; for an accounting; for a resale, if complainant failed to pay all that might be found due the said British and American Mortgage Oo.; and for general relief.…
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