Williams v. Creswell
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the Chancery Court of Warren County. Hon. E. Hill, Chancellor. The complainants, appointed under a recent act of congress, as commissioners to take charge of the assets of the Freedman’s Savings Institution, collect its debts, etc., filed this bill in chancery, to foreclose the mortgage to pay the notes- of the defendant.
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Appeal from the Chancery Court of Warren County. Hon. E. Hill, Chancellor. The complainants, appointed under a recent act of congress, as commissioners to take charge of the assets of the Freedman’s Savings Institution, collect its debts, etc., filed this bill in chancery, to foreclose the mortgage to pay the notes- of the defendant. These notes and mortgages are the property of the Freedman’s Savings Institution, and came to the possession of complainants as commissioners for coll ection. This institution was created a body corporate by an act of congress, in the city of Washington, District…
1Opinion of the CourtSimrall, C. J.
The complainants, appointed under a recent act of congress, commissioners to take charge of the assets of the Freedman’s Savings Institution, collect its debt and wind up its business, brought this suit in chancery to foreclose the mortgages, and to pay the notes of the defendants.
These notes and mortgages are the property of the Freedman’s Saving Institution, and came to the possession of the complainants, commissioners, for collection. This institution was created a body corporate, by act of congress, in the city of Washington in the District of Columbia. The 5th section of its charter…
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