Pugh v. Holt
Mississippi Supreme Court
On appeal from the superior court of chancery; Hon. Stephen Cocke, chancellor. W. Dorsey, the testator of complainants, sold an undivided interest in certain lands to one Rasberry, and executed to him the conditional deed filed as exhibit A., which was duly recorded.. To secure the purchase-money, Rasberry executed two notes to.
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On appeal from the superior court of chancery; Hon. Stephen Cocke, chancellor. W. Dorsey, the testator of complainants, sold an undivided interest in certain lands to one Rasberry, and executed to him the conditional deed filed as exhibit A., which was duly recorded.. To secure the purchase-money, Rasberry executed two notes to. Dorsey for $1,250 each; one due on the 1st of February, 1839, and the other on the 1st of February, 1840. These notes' are described in the instrument filed, and it is stipulated and provided therein that the title to the land is only to vest in Rasberry on his paying…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Smith
This was a suit instituted in the superior court of chancery to enforce a lien upon land, for the price, reserved in the deed of conveyance. The lien was sustained, and a decree rendered, by which the land was ordered to be sold for the amount ascertained to be due. From that decree the defendant has appealed.
There is no dispute about the facts of the case. Washington Dorsey, the testator of the appellees, sold to W. G. Rasberry certain land, and executed to him a deed conveying the same in fee. By a stipulation contained in the deed, it was to constitute “ a full title in law and equity” for…
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