Moore v. Crump
Mississippi Supreme Court
Erom the chancery court of Lowndes county. Hon. James E. McCool, Chancellor. Crump and others, appellees, were complainants, and Moore and others, appellants, defendants in the court below. Erom a decree in complainants’ favor the defendants appealed to the supreme court. The 'facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. The bill on its face makes out no case, and is directly in the teeth of the statute of frauds.
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Erom the chancery court of Lowndes county. Hon. James E. McCool, Chancellor. Crump and others, appellees, were complainants, and Moore and others, appellants, defendants in the court below. Erom a decree in complainants’ favor the defendants appealed to the supreme court. The 'facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. The bill on its face makes out no case, and is directly in the teeth of the statute of frauds. If there be any principle of law settled beyond all controversy, it is that a trust growing out of a parol agreement is absolutely void. The averments of the bill in this…
1Opinion of the Court
Harris, Special Judge,*
delivered the opinion of the court. The facts of this case, briefly stated, are as follows: One R. A. Crump, Sr., in his lifetime, was the owner of certain real estate in Lowndes county, Miss., consisting of houses and lots in the town of Artesia,. and certain- country property. He had been engaged in the mercantile business, and became heavily embarrassed financially, and in 1887 executed a deed of trust on the property in controversy in this suit to secure J. L. Smith an indebtedness of about $2,700. Shortly before the death of E. A. Crump, Sr. (about two years),…
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