Richardson v. Brooks
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the Chancery Court of Washington County. Hon. E. STANFORD, Chancellor. The.material facts in this case are very fully set out in the opinion of the court. • [The reporters find no brief on file for the appellants. ] If the remedy at law be difficult or embarrassed, or not as complete as equity affords, the chancery court will afford the relief, 4 Johns. Ch. R., 290 ; 1 Yerger, 360. It is not enough that there is a remedy at law; it must be plain and adequate.
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Appeal from the Chancery Court of Washington County. Hon. E. STANFORD, Chancellor. The.material facts in this case are very fully set out in the opinion of the court. • [The reporters find no brief on file for the appellants. ] If the remedy at law be difficult or embarrassed, or not as complete as equity affords, the chancery court will afford the relief, 4 Johns. Ch. R., 290 ; 1 Yerger, 360. It is not enough that there is a remedy at law; it must be plain and adequate. Boyce, Ex’r, v. Grundy, 3 Peters, 215. .The bill does not seek to correct the action of the probate court. See 14 S. & M.,…
1Opinion of the CourtChalmers, J.
The case- stands on bill and demurrer. The case made by the bill is briefly and substantially this : Complainants are minor heirs of James M. Brooks, a citizen of Washington county, who died in 1858, leaving a very large real and personal estate. His widow, the mother of complainants, administered on the estate. In a few years she intermarried with one Boyce. Moved and instigated by him she surrendered her •letters and rendered a final settlement of her trust, which was grossty unjust and fraudulent to the estate in propounding false and fictitious claims against the same, made up mostly of…
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