Legal Opinion

Gray v. Pope

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided April 15, 1858PublishedCited by 2 opinions

Error to the Circuit Court of Hinds county. Hon. John Watts, judge. Cited Selph v. Howland, 1 Cushm. 264.

1Opinion of the Court

HANDY, J.,

delivered tbe opinion of the court.

This was an action at law to enforce a lien claimed bj the' defendants in error, as lumber merchants, for lumber furnished for a building, to Chapman and wife, which building was the sole and separate property of the wife. The petition shows that after the lumber was furnished, and the building erected, the property was sold by Chapman and wife to Joseph Gray, who afterwards sold it to Andrew G. Scott, who was in possession. The suit was brought against Chapman and wife, and Gray and Scott. Chapman and wife suffered a default, and Gray and Scott…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Selph v. HowlandMississippi Supreme Court · 1852

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Cox v. E. G. T. Colles & Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1885
  2. O'Malley v. CoughlinCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1877

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