Nelson v. Ratliff
Mississippi Supreme Court
Enoja the chancery court of the first district of Hinds county. HoN. H. C. CoNN, Chancellor. On May 1, 1869, John Nelson executed a trust-deed on certain property in the city of Jackson, to secure Robert Kells a debt therein mentioned, which debt was afterwards renewed. John E. Tarpley was made trustee, with power of sale. On May 2, 1877, Nelson executed another trust-deed, by which he conveyed this and other property to W. H. H. Green, as trustee.
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Enoja the chancery court of the first district of Hinds county. HoN. H. C. CoNN, Chancellor. On May 1, 1869, John Nelson executed a trust-deed on certain property in the city of Jackson, to secure Robert Kells a debt therein mentioned, which debt was afterwards renewed. John E. Tarpley was made trustee, with power of sale. On May 2, 1877, Nelson executed another trust-deed, by which he conveyed this and other property to W. H. H. Green, as trustee. The terms of this deed are fully set forth in the opinion. On August 9, 1880, Kells filed his original bill in the court below to foreclose his…
1Opinion of the CourtCooper, C. J.
By the deed of May 2, 1877, John Nelson divested himself of the entire legal estate in the lands thereby conveyed to W. H. H. Green, trustee. Subject to the debts primarily charged upon the land, he limited the beneficial interest therein to himself for life, with remainders to his five children, or to such of them as should not, during his life, dispose of their interests, with an ultimate limitation over to himsel-f, if all his children should, during his life, dispose of their interests in the land. It does not appear that the conditions on. which this ulterior limitation Avas to take…
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