Savage v. Dowd
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the Chancery Court of Chickasaw County. Hon. L. HaughtoN, Chancellor. On Feb. 1, 1837, Miss Amelia Yasser was married, in Giles County, Tennessee, to E. C. Madry. Both were poor. They lived on a rented place in Tennessee until 1842, when they removed to Mississippi, where Mr. Madry became the manager of a plantation, at a small salary.
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Appeal from the Chancery Court of Chickasaw County. Hon. L. HaughtoN, Chancellor. On Feb. 1, 1837, Miss Amelia Yasser was married, in Giles County, Tennessee, to E. C. Madry. Both were poor. They lived on a rented place in Tennessee until 1842, when they removed to Mississippi, where Mr. Madry became the manager of a plantation, at a small salary. In 1850 her brother, Jonathan Vasser, of Athens, Alabama, died, leaving a will, by which he bequeathed to Amelia about $8,000 ; and within a few years thereafter other relatives left her property, which, with that received from her brother,…
1Opinion of the CourtCampbell, J.
C. M. Savage is a volunteer holder of the title of the land in dispute under Mrs. Madry, and can assert her right to it. The question is, Who has the superior right to the land, Mrs. Madry or Mrs. Dowd, the judgment creditor of Mr. Madry ? for both claim from him. Mrs. Madry obtained the title of Mr. Madry before the rendition of Mrs. Dowd’s judgment. If, upon the facts shown by the record, Mrs. Madry was entitled to have the land vested in her, it matters not as to the particular means by which it was done. Equity considers results rather than the means of attaining them. If Mr. Madry was…
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