Legal Opinion

Kempe v. Pintard

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided October 15, 1856PublishedCited by 6 opinions

IN error from the District Chancery Court at Natchez. Hon. B. C. Buckley, vice-chancellor. A full statement of the case will be found in the opinion of the court. made the following points, and cited the following authorities:— I. Bowen’s interest in his wife’s estate ceased upon the granting of the divorce a vinculo. Bishop on Marriage and Divorce, §§ 660, 666, 667; 2 Black. Com. 433; 10 Paige, 420 ; 5 Dana, 254; 10 Mass.

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IN error from the District Chancery Court at Natchez. Hon. B. C. Buckley, vice-chancellor. A full statement of the case will be found in the opinion of the court. made the following points, and cited the following authorities:— I. Bowen’s interest in his wife’s estate ceased upon the granting of the divorce a vinculo. Bishop on Marriage and Divorce, §§ 660, 666, 667; 2 Black. Com. 433; 10 Paige, 420 ; 5 Dana, 254; 10 Mass. R. 262-264; 3 Co. Litt. 351, a.; 1 Hillyard, Real Prop. 119; 10 Cow. 225; 5 Blackf. R. 309; 9 Vermont, 292; 3 Barb. Ch. R. 204; 4 Harrington, 440. 2. The sale of the land…

1Opinion of the Court

Haiñdy, J.,

delivered the opinion of the court.

This was a bill filed by Pintard, in the District Chancery Court at Natchez, against Allen Gr. Bowen, his wife and others, for the purpose of subjecting to the payment of a debt, due by Bowen to *326Pintará, a tract of land to which Bowen claimed title, and which, by written agreement between Pintard and Bowen, was to be charged with the payment of the debt. The bill states that the title of Bowen to the land is derived from his purchase of it at a sale made by Ann Lee, as administratrix of Charles S. Lee, under a decree of the proper Probate Court,…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Lyon v. KnottMississippi Supreme Court · 1853
  2. Currie v. StewartMississippi Supreme Court · 1854

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Long v. LongCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1884
  2. Gaines v. KennedyMississippi Supreme Court · 1876
  3. Vicksburg & Meridian Railroad v. RagsdaleMississippi Supreme Court · 1876
  4. Hoard v. Hoard's Adm'rSupreme Court of Alabama · 1868
  5. Parmele v. McGintyMississippi Supreme Court · 1876

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