Hernandez v. Aaron
Mississippi Supreme Court
From the chancery court of Wilkinson county. Hon. Claude Pintard, Chancellor. , This was a proceeding by the appellee, Aaron, against the appellant, as a nonresident, by attachment in chancery, to compel an accounting in respect to certain cotton delivered to him by one Hills, a debtor of complainant, and for a decree in favor of: complainant for so much of said cotton or its proceeds as might be necessary to satisfy his demand against Hills, to. secure which the complainant…
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From the chancery court of Wilkinson county. Hon. Claude Pintard, Chancellor. , This was a proceeding by the appellee, Aaron, against the appellant, as a nonresident, by attachment in chancery, to compel an accounting in respect to certain cotton delivered to him by one Hills, a debtor of complainant, and for a decree in favor of: complainant for so much of said cotton or its proceeds as might be necessary to satisfy his demand against Hills, to. secure which the complainant had, as he alleged, a deed of trust on said cotton executed by Hills, and duly recorded in this state at the time said…
1Opinion of the CourtWoods, J.
The gravamen of complainant’s bill is that he held a lien under two duly recorded deeds of trust in the proper office in Wilkinson county on certain cotton raised or owned by one J. J. Hills, and that, with the knowledge and connivance of appellant, this cotton was delivered to appellant, in said Wilkinson county, and the same was converted, by the appellant, into money, or its equivalent, whereby he became liable to appellee for its value.
The evidence fails to support the bill. On the contrary, it appears that the appellant was the cotton factor in New Orleans, La., of said Hills, and that…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Dickman v. WilliamsMississippi Supreme Court · 1874
- Chaffe v. Mississippi & Tennessee RailroadMississippi Supreme Court · 1881
3Cited by6 opinions
- United States v. Charles E. Carson, Being the Same Person as Charles Edward Carson, and W. R. Ellis, D/B/A Ellis Livestock Commission CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1967
- United States v. Union Livestock Sales Company, Inc., a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1962
- Millsaps v. TateMississippi Supreme Court · 1897
- Bank v. Hill, Fontaine & Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1897
- In re SmithDistrict Court, S.D. Mississippi · 1931
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