Thompson v. Furr
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the Chancery Court of Lincoln County. Hon. Thomas Y. Berry, Chancellor. The conveyance to H. H. Furr, and the assignment of his notes for the purchase-money of a half interest in the land, and his contract to convey the other half, were accepted by King for J. H. Thompson & Co., as a security for a valid debt. King and the other members of that firm were not aware that the Bloom debt existed, or that Brewer was in debt to any one.
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Appeal from the Chancery Court of Lincoln County. Hon. Thomas Y. Berry, Chancellor. The conveyance to H. H. Furr, and the assignment of his notes for the purchase-money of a half interest in the land, and his contract to convey the other half, were accepted by King for J. H. Thompson & Co., as a security for a valid debt. King and the other members of that firm were not aware that the Bloom debt existed, or that Brewer was in debt to any one. Until some ground for divorce exists, alimony is impossible. It becomes a debt only when awarded by decree. 4 Bac. Abr. 411. Then, owing to the peculiar…
1Opinion of the CourtChalmers, J.
William B. Brewer, being indebted to J. H. Thompson & Co., went to Benjamin King, a member of that firm, accompanied by H. H. Furr, and stating that he had sold his lands to Furr, and desired, with the notes taken for the deferred payment, to secure his indebtedness to the firm, requested King to prepare the necessary papers, to which request King acceded. The scheme as developed was this: Brewer was to convey, or pretend to convey, to Finer the whole of his land for a nominal consideration of twelve hundred dollars, of which six hundred were to be secured by notes of the purchaser, and six…
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