M'Cutchen v. Miller
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the Superior Court of Chancery. Hon. Charles Scott, chancellor. A very full statement of the case will be found in the opinion of the court. Our first position is this : The case is one in which Miller has no advantage of us on the ground that he, or that Surhe, Watt Go., are purchasers for a valuable consideration without notice. The decree under which we claim the right to sell these slaves determines absolutely the relative rights of Laughlin and M£Cutchen.
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Appeal from the Superior Court of Chancery. Hon. Charles Scott, chancellor. A very full statement of the case will be found in the opinion of the court. Our first position is this : The case is one in which Miller has no advantage of us on the ground that he, or that Surhe, Watt Go., are purchasers for a valuable consideration without notice. The decree under which we claim the right to sell these slaves determines absolutely the relative rights of Laughlin and M£Cutchen. It annihilates the title of Laughlin as against M£Cutchen, settles M£Cutchen’s right .to have the property sold for…
1Opinion of the CourtFisher, J.
The appellee filed this bill in the Superior Court of Chancery, for the purpose of enjoining the appellants from enforcing a decree which they had obtained against Thomas M. Green and others, on the 18th day of January, 1850, in the said court, so far as the said decree embraced certain slaves in the possession of, and claimed by the appellee. The chancellor, upon final hearing, pronounced a decree for the complainant, from which this appeal has been prosecuted.
The counsel of the respective parties appear to agree as to the main facts, and we will, therefore, in stating the case, be governed…
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