Bacon v. Howell
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Carroll County. Hon. C. H. Campbell, Judge. The caséis stated in the opinion of the court. The relations of landlord and tenant, and of vendor and ven-dee, may co-exist if the parties consent. Taylor’s L. & T., sect. 25 ; White v. Livingston, 10 Cush. 259 ; Saunders v. Mus-grove, 6 B. & C. 524. The landlord’s lien is prior to a deed of trust given by the tenant.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Carroll County. Hon. C. H. Campbell, Judge. The caséis stated in the opinion of the court. The relations of landlord and tenant, and of vendor and ven-dee, may co-exist if the parties consent. Taylor’s L. & T., sect. 25 ; White v. Livingston, 10 Cush. 259 ; Saunders v. Mus-grove, 6 B. & C. 524. The landlord’s lien is prior to a deed of trust given by the tenant. Code 188, sects. 1301,1359. Notice of the relation of landlord and tenant, which was unnecessary, was not negatived by the title-bond, for when such an instrument does not provide for possession, the…
1Opinion of the CourtCooper, J.
On the 26th of August, 1881, the appellant executed a bond for title by which she bound herself to convey to one Saffold certain lands upon the payment, by him, of the sum of $750, which sum was payable, one-third on the 1st of November, 1882, one-third on the 1st of November, 1883, and one-third on the 1st of November, 1884, for which sums Saffold executed his three promissory notes. At the same time Saffold executed to appellant a contract by which he agreed, in event he was not able to make payment of the note due in November, 1882, to pay to her as rent, for the year 1882, $3.50 per acre…
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