Legal Opinion

McCrory v. Donald

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided October 15, 1918PublishedCited by 10 opinions

Appeal from tlie chancery court of Clark county. Hon. Gr. C. TaNN, Chancellor. Suit hy Winner, Klein & Co. and others against Bessie McCrory, wherein B. H. Donald, trustee in bankruptcy of R. M. McCrory, intervened. From a’ decree for intervener, defendant appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. Upon the threshold of this case lies a question which should obviate the consideration of any other.

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Appeal from tlie chancery court of Clark county. Hon. Gr. C. TaNN, Chancellor. Suit hy Winner, Klein & Co. and others against Bessie McCrory, wherein B. H. Donald, trustee in bankruptcy of R. M. McCrory, intervened. From a’ decree for intervener, defendant appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. Upon the threshold of this case lies a question which should obviate the consideration of any other. (1) Was the adjudication of the bona fides of the transaction out of which this deed grew,' between this complainant and respondent, in the Alabama court, res adjudicata of the…

1Opinion of the CourtEthridge, J.

R. M. McCrory was engaged in business at Paehuta, Miss., in the year 1908, and prior thereto, and subsequent thereto, until the year 1911, when he was thrown into bankruptcy by his creditors. In October, 1908, R. M. McCrory, being then the owner of considerable real estate, executed a voluntary deed of conveyance to his wife Mrs. Bessie McCrory, conveying lands in Jasper and Clarke counties, Miss., and in Choctaw county, Ala. The deeds to Mrs. McCrory were not filed for the record until the fall of the year 1910, when they were filed for record and recorded. Thereupon Winner, Klein & Co., a…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. McCrory v. DonaldSupreme Court of Alabama · 1915

3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Dogan, Sheriff v. CooleyMississippi Supreme Court · 1939
  2. Burks v. MoodyMississippi Supreme Court · 1926
  3. Barbee v. PigottMississippi Supreme Court · 1987
  4. Morgan v. SaulsMississippi Supreme Court · 1982
  5. Mullen v. WarnerCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1926

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