Covington v. Frank
Mississippi Supreme Court
FROM the chancery court of Bolivar county. HoN. A. H. LoNgtNO, Chancellor. Godfrey Frank et al., the appellants, were complainants in the court below; Mary Covington et al., appellees, were defendants there. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
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FROM the chancery court of Bolivar county. HoN. A. H. LoNgtNO, Chancellor. Godfrey Frank et al., the appellants, were complainants in the court below; Mary Covington et al., appellees, were defendants there. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. It is impossible to conceive that the legislature intended that § 1740 of the present code, and the similar provisions in the earlier codes, should apply to a case like the one in hand, and in all deference to the contrary views of opposing counsel, we confidently submit that no like case can be found where they have been applied by this…
1Opinion of the CourtTerral, J.
Godfrey Frank and others filed their bill in the chancery court of Bolivar county against the unknown heirs of W. A. Covington, deceased, to collect certain notes executed by said decedent for large sums of money, and to foreclose a mortgage executed by Covington alone upon a large real and personal property, for the security of said notes.
Mary Covington and Cornelia Covington, claiming to be the widow and daughter of Covington, made themselves parties to the bill and interposed as a defense thereto that the claim was excessive, and that a portion of the real estate sought to be subjected to…
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