McLaughlin v. Green
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the chancery court of Hinds county. Cabaniss, Chancellor. The opinion of the court contains a sufficient statement of the case.
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Appeal from the chancery court of Hinds county. Cabaniss, Chancellor. The opinion of the court contains a sufficient statement of the case. The history of this case, so far as it relates to the appropriation of payments, is substantially as follows: • In the spring of 1857, J. & T. Green took a mortgage from Bowman, on the land on which the Bowman house was then being built, for about $5,500. Soon afterward th^ defendant, McLaughlin, made a contract to do the plastering on said house, and commenced work. In November, 1857, the Greens took another mortgage from Bowman to the amount of about'…
1Opinion of the Court
Peyton, C. J.:
In April, 1858, Michael McLaughlin filed his petition in the circuit court of Hinds county, against James H. Bowman and Hyman Hilzheim, to enforce his mechanic’s lien on lots numbered 1 and 2 in fractional square number 1 north, in the city of Jackson, and the buildings thereon, for plastering done by him during the fall of 1857 and the winter of that year; and on the 27th day of November, 1867, he obtained a judgment against said Bowman and Hilzheim for the sum of $5,687.59.
On the 4th day of April, 1868, J. & T. Green filed their bill in the chancery court of said county for an…
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