Farmer v. Allen
Mississippi Supreme Court
From the chancery court of Lee county. Hon.' Henry L. Mutjdrow, Chancellor. ‘Allen, the appellee, commonly called “Private John Allen, ’’ was the complainant in the court below; Mrs. Farmer and others were defendants there. From decrees favorable to complainant, defendants appealed to the supreme court.
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From the chancery court of Lee county. Hon.' Henry L. Mutjdrow, Chancellor. ‘Allen, the appellee, commonly called “Private John Allen, ’’ was the complainant in the court below; Mrs. Farmer and others were defendants there. From decrees favorable to complainant, defendants appealed to the supreme court. The opinion of the court fully states the facts of the case: The petition filed by the surviving defendants on June 24, 1904, is in the nature of a bill of revivoi*, and was filed on the idea that all the decrees and orders made in the cause in the years 1886-87 were absolutely void and of…
1Opinion of the CourtWhitfield, C. J.
In 1886 appellee filed a petition in the chancery court of Lee county for the sale, for division of proceeds, of certain land, properly described in the petition as in sec. 34; the said appellee owning’ one-fourth, and the appellants two-fotirths, of said land. At the November term, 1886, a decree was made ordering the sale of the land, describing it as “the property described in the bill of complaint — to wit,” but the words “to wit” were followed by describing the land as in sec. 31, and it was advertised and sold as in sec. 31. The sale was, reported to, and confirmed by, the court as…
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