Reed v. Coleman
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the Chancery Court of Jefferson County. Hon. J. M. Ellis, Chancellor. The facts of the case sufficiently appear in the opinion of the court.
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Appeal from the Chancery Court of Jefferson County. Hon. J. M. Ellis, Chancellor. The facts of the case sufficiently appear in the opinion of the court. In the case there are two questions to be settled: 1. Is it sufficiently established that the conditions upon which, and the purposes for which the notes were executed are of such a character -as to charge them upon the separate estate of Mrs. Wood; and, 2. If this is not true, is the "trust deed operative to pass the use of the property until its income pays the debt ? 1. The parties litigating are the heirs at law of Mrs. Wood, and, of…
1Opinion of the CourtChalmers, J.
The bill was filed by the heirs of Laura Wood, deceased, to :have pronounced void a trust deed which their mother had executed in her life-time on her Mount Hope plantation, and also to have declared invalid a conveyance executed by the trustee at a sale made by him under said trust deed. , The prayer was that both of said instruments be canceled and vacated, and for a restitution of possession to complainants. The chancellor decreed in accordance with the prayer, and defendants, who were the holders of the debt secured by the trust deed and also the purchasers of the land at the trustee’s…
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