Magee v. Catching
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the Yice-Chancery Court at Monticello. Hon. B. C. Buckley, vice-chancellor. On the 22d day of December, A. D., 1855, Daniel Magee, E. W. Magee, and D. C. Dickson, filed this hill in the court below, against P. S. Catching and-Morehead, in which they alleged, in substance: That the complainant, Daniel Magee, in May, A. D. 1840, was indebted to the Grand Gulf Bank on a note for about $6360, the payment of which was secured by a deed of trust on several slaves.
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Appeal from the Yice-Chancery Court at Monticello. Hon. B. C. Buckley, vice-chancellor. On the 22d day of December, A. D., 1855, Daniel Magee, E. W. Magee, and D. C. Dickson, filed this hill in the court below, against P. S. Catching and-Morehead, in which they alleged, in substance: That the complainant, Daniel Magee, in May, A. D. 1840, was indebted to the Grand Gulf Bank on a note for about $6360, the payment of which was secured by a deed of trust on several slaves. The debt being due, and Magee being unable to pay it, the trustee, under the provisions of the deed, by direction of the…
1Opinion of the CourtFisher, J.
This is an appeal from a decree of the Yice-Chancery Court at Monticello, sustaining a demurrer to the complainants’ bill.
The bill alleges that the complainant, Daniel Magee, was, in May, 1840, indebted to the Grand Gulf Bank in about the sum of $6360 ; that to secure the payment of the said debt, he had prior to that time, executed a deed of trust on the slaves now in controversy, to one T. S. Cooper. Being unable to pay the debt, and the trustee being about to sell the property, the complainant made an arrangement with Catching, the principal defendant, to attend the trustee’s sale, and…
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