Phipps v. Tarpley
Court of Appeals of Mississippi
On appeal from the superior court of chancery; Hon. Stephen Cocke, chancellor. The opinion of the court contains the facts of the case. filed an elaborate brief, and cited Hill on Trustees, 190,193; 2 Sug. on Pow. 532. filed a lengthy written argument in reply.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Fisher
This is an appeal from an interlocutory decree of the superior court of chancery, dissolving an injunction granted upon a bill filed by the appellant enjoining a sale of certain slaves under a deed in trust, executed by the complainant, on the 6th of January, 1846, in the State of Tennessee, to secure first, one Harding in the payment of a note for $1,200, and the residue of said slaves to secure Tarpley in the payment of two notes for $1,900 each. ^
The bill alleges, that the notes payable to Tarpley were executed to secure part of. the purchase-money for a tract of land, containing 1,000…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Loftin v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1872
3Cited by1 opinion
- Frenche v. Chancellor of the StateSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1893