Lake v. Perry
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the chancery court of Grenada county. Hon. I. T. Blount, Chancellor. Suit by Alvin Lake against J. C. Perry.- Prom a decree in favor of appellee, appellant appeals. The facts are: Appellant filed a hill in chancery to set aside a voidable deed to appellee, made during appellant’s minority, and praying an accounting.
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Appeal from the chancery court of Grenada county. Hon. I. T. Blount, Chancellor. Suit by Alvin Lake against J. C. Perry.- Prom a decree in favor of appellee, appellant appeals. The facts are: Appellant filed a hill in chancery to set aside a voidable deed to appellee, made during appellant’s minority, and praying an accounting. This case was appealed at a former term of the court from a decree dismissing the hill, and was reversed. 95 Miss. 550, 49 South. 569. Thereafter the chancellor entered a decree sustaining appellant’s bill, setting aside the voidable deed, and ordering an accounting.…
1Opinion of the Court
Whitfield, C.
In 17 Am. and Eng. Ency. Law (2d Ed.), p. 688, it is said: “Joint tenants or tenants in common are not entitled to compensation from each other for services rendered in the care and management of the common property, in the absence of a specific agreement or mutual understanding to that effect.” In case of Fuller v. Fuller, 23 Fla. 236, 2 South. 426, the supreme court of Florida says: “Compensation for individual services in managing or taking care of the joint property'is never awarded to a cotenant, except as the result of a direct agreement to that effect, or unless from all…
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2Cases cited1 opinion
- Fuller v. FullerSupreme Court of Florida · 1887
3Cited by4 opinions
- Staples v. PearsonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1935
- Lewis v. LathamMississippi Supreme Court · 1955
- Connolly v. McLeodMississippi Supreme Court · 1953
- Campbell v. SeligSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1949