Thompson v. Harris

Hutcheson, Justice.

C. R. Harris was the holder of a security deed to certain land of Mrs. W. R. Long, and under the power contained in the deed sold the land and became the purchaser at the sale. A. A. Thompson was the holder of a mortgage on certain mules belonging to the same debtor, who was insolvent; and Thompson accepted the property in satisfaction of the mortgage debt.- At the time of the latter transaction the holder of the security deed had become the transferee of tax executions issued against Mrs. Long, and constituting a prior lien upon both the land and the personalty. The…