Frierson v. Branch
Supreme Court of Arkansas
APPEAL from Desha Circuit Court in Chancery. Hon.-, Circuit Judge. The doctrine of election applies only where it is necessary for substantial justice. 2 Sto. Eq. Ju., 1077, 1088; Birmingham v. Kirwan, 2 Schoales & Lefroy, 449-50. Not against creditors enforcing legal claims Sto. Eq., 1090; 1 Swanston, 407, and authorities. A court may settle equities amongst beneficiaries Sto.
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APPEAL from Desha Circuit Court in Chancery. Hon.-, Circuit Judge. The doctrine of election applies only where it is necessary for substantial justice. 2 Sto. Eq. Ju., 1077, 1088; Birmingham v. Kirwan, 2 Schoales & Lefroy, 449-50. Not against creditors enforcing legal claims Sto. Eq., 1090; 1 Swanston, 407, and authorities. A court may settle equities amongst beneficiaries Sto. Eq., 188, 184, 1038-9; 2 Piar, on Frauds, 89; Pinneo v. Kart, 30 Mo., 661; Star v. Dugan, 22 Md., 58; Mande/1 v. Peay, 20 Ark., 325; 17 Md., 229; (Young v. Nutwett,) 16 Ohio St., 366 ; 14 Pa. St. (Greenfield’s estate.)…
1Opinion of the Court
English, Ch. J.:
On the 11th March, 1867, Thomas G. Martin executed a deed of trust to Joseph Branch on certain tracts of lands in Desha County, amounting to 320 acres, to secure the payment of a number of debts therein specifically mentioned and described, and among them two notes to Martin & Branch for about eight thousand dollars and the interest due thereon.
The deed provides that the trustee should take possession of the lands, and apply the rents and profits first to the payment of a note due to S. D. Frierson, one of the creditors named in the deed, for $936, and then to the payment of…
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- Lanahan v. LatrobeCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1854
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