Dickerson v. Weeks
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the chancery court of Attala county. HoN. J. F. McCool, Chancellor. Partition suit by V. A.. Dickerson and others against J. A. Weeks. From a conditional judgment for complainants, they appeal. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court.
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Appeal from the chancery court of Attala county. HoN. J. F. McCool, Chancellor. Partition suit by V. A.. Dickerson and others against J. A. Weeks. From a conditional judgment for complainants, they appeal. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. "Since the note secured by the deed of trust to J. A. Davis, trustee, was the joint note of A. L. Dickerson and his wife, did he, A. L. Dickerson, acquire any title at all by his purchase at the foreclosure sale; did he thereby simply redeem the land from a lien securing his own debt?” It is the contention of the appellants that A. L.…
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, C. J.
In 1898 Mrs. S. F. Diclierson died, leaving as her heirs several children, appellants herein, and her husband, A. L. Dickerson. She owned at .the time of her death the land here in controversy, which was then incumbered by a deed of trust executed to secure.the payment of the joint note by herself and husband for the sum of one hundred and seventy-five dollars. Shortly after, and during the year of her death, this deed of trust was foreclosed, the property purchased by the husband, A. L. Dickerson, and in October, 1902, he conveyed it to ■ ap-pellee. In October, 1911, nine years thereafter,…
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