Clark v. Wilson
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the Chancery Court of Yazoo County. Hon. Thomas Walton, Chancellor. On the fourteenth day of August, 1873, Hugh Clark and Avife conveyed to W. W. Mangum certain described lands, to be held in trust for the benefit of Harrison & McLaren, merchants. The object of the conveyance was to secure the payment of a debt due by Clark to Harrison & McLaren for advances made and to be made by the latter parties to the former.
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Appeal from the Chancery Court of Yazoo County. Hon. Thomas Walton, Chancellor. On the fourteenth day of August, 1873, Hugh Clark and Avife conveyed to W. W. Mangum certain described lands, to be held in trust for the benefit of Harrison & McLaren, merchants. The object of the conveyance was to secure the payment of a debt due by Clark to Harrison & McLaren for advances made and to be made by the latter parties to the former. The deed empowered the trustee, upon default of payment of the debt secured, to take possession of the property, sell the same, after first giving five days’ notice, and…
1Opinion of the CourtSimrall, C. J.
In 1873, Hugh Clark and wife made a deed conveying a tract of land, personal effects, &c., to W. W. Mangum, in trust to take possession of the property, and sell it on default made by Clark in the payment of his indebtedness to Harrison & McLaren, merchants at Yazoo City.
Some time after this, Harrison & McLaren became insolvent, and were adjudicated to be bankrupts. In conformity to the provisions of the bankrupt law, John T. Jennings and W. M. Ingram were appointed trustees.
In March, 1874, these trustees, by an instrument of writing, appointed John Thompson, in the place of Mangum, to…
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