West v. Union Naval Stores Co.
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the chancery court of Wayne county. ITon. W. M. Denny, Chancellor. Suit by John I. West, Jr., against the Union Naval Stores Company. From a decree for complainant, defendant appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. We have given the pages of the record in this brief, showing what transfers were made and where they were made, and the refusal of the original trustee to act, and the appointment of a substituted trustee.
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Appeal from the chancery court of Wayne county. ITon. W. M. Denny, Chancellor. Suit by John I. West, Jr., against the Union Naval Stores Company. From a decree for complainant, defendant appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. We have given the pages of the record in this brief, showing what transfers were made and where they were made, and the refusal of the original trustee to act, and the appointment of a substituted trustee. All of these are indisputably manifested by the record. We are, therefore, at a loss to know, with these entries on the record where the deed…
1Opinion of the CourtCook, P. J.
The appellant filed in the chancery court of Wayne county his bill of complaint,- in which he sought the aid of the court to confirm and quiet his title to certain lands described in the bill. Various parties were made *751parties defendant, but this appeal concerns tbe Union Naval Stores Company alone. Tbe title of appellant to tbe land in controversy rests and depends upon tbe validity of a certain trustee’s deed, which deed, in turn depends upon tbe validity of tbe transfer of a deed of trust executed by John I. West, Sr., and bis wife, to secure an indebtedness due by Mr. West to tbe Bank of…
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