Redus v. Hayden
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the chancery court of Marshall county. Vance, J. The appellants in error assign the following errors : 1st. The court erred in not affirming the sale made to Wm. Hull, of the lauds of which the said Hull became the purchaser, and for the purchase money of which he gave his bond with A. M. Clayton, his surety, and in canceling said bond. 2d.
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Appeal from the chancery court of Marshall county. Vance, J. The appellants in error assign the following errors : 1st. The court erred in not affirming the sale made to Wm. Hull, of the lauds of which the said Hull became the purchaser, and for the purchase money of which he gave his bond with A. M. Clayton, his surety, and in canceling said bond. 2d. The court erred in not confirming the sale of the slave named Joe Wade, to F. 0. Ayres, and for the purchase money, of whom Hugh Davis united as surety in the bond of said Ayres, and in canceling said bond. 3d. The court erred in not confirming…
1Opinion of the Court
Simrall, J.:
The appellants, in 1860, brought their bill in the chancery court of Marshall county, seeking the sale of a tract of land and slaves, in order that the proceeds might be divided among them. The property came to them as heirs and distributees of Thomas Redus, deceased. The property had been devised by Redus to his wife, for life, or during her widowhood. No other testamentary disposition had been made of it. Redus died in 1844, and his widow in 1859.
The court decreed a sale of the land on credits of nine and eighteen months, and the slaves on a credit of nine months* *633and appointed…
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