Peoples Bank v. West
Mississippi Supreme Court
Prom tbe chancery court of Harrison county. Hon. Sylvanus Evans, Chancellor. The opinion states the case. Filed an elaborate brief, making, as to the questions decided by the court, the following points:— 1. The levy in the attachment suit of West was void and created no lien. Sherman v. Bank, 66 Miss. 648. 2. The creditors bill of the Peoples Bank was filed on July 1, 1884, after the attempted levy, but before the judgment in the attachment suit.
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Prom tbe chancery court of Harrison county. Hon. Sylvanus Evans, Chancellor. The opinion states the case. Filed an elaborate brief, making, as to the questions decided by the court, the following points:— 1. The levy in the attachment suit of West was void and created no lien. Sherman v. Bank, 66 Miss. 648. 2. The creditors bill of the Peoples Bank was filed on July 1, 1884, after the attempted levy, but before the judgment in the attachment suit. Complainant acquired a lien from the date of the filing of the bill. Code 1880, § 1845. At that time West had no lien, and consequently the lien…
1Opinion of the CourtCooper, J.
The controversy in this cause is between I. S. West, Jr., and the Peoples Bank of New Orleans, each claiming to be the owner of the land described in the pleadings, by title derived under judicial proceedings against the former owner, Charles J. Carriere. On the 25th of June, 1884, West sued out a writ of attachment returnable to the circuit court of Harrison county against Carriere, as a nonresident. To this writ the sheriff of Harrison county made return, as follows: “ Executed within process this 26th day of June, 1884, by levying upon the following described real estate situated in…
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