Howell v. McLeod
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from chancery court of George county. ■ Hon. Y. A. Griffith, Chancellor. Suit by W. W. Howell, as administrator of the estate of Thomas Howell, deceased, and others, against R. D. McLeod. Decree for the defendants, and the plaintiff: appeals, and defendant brings cross-appeal.
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Appeal from chancery court of George county. ■ Hon. Y. A. Griffith, Chancellor. Suit by W. W. Howell, as administrator of the estate of Thomas Howell, deceased, and others, against R. D. McLeod. Decree for the defendants, and the plaintiff: appeals, and defendant brings cross-appeal. There was no effort made to dissolve this injunction in vacation but there was an agreement to try the cause on its merits, and no motion was made to dissolve the injunction until the cause came for hearing on its merits. Judge Denny went to Wilmer to take testimony to be used on the final bearing of tbis cause.…
1Opinion of the CourtEthridge, J.
Thomas Howell, deceased/ executed a deed to timber on certain lands to the appellee, R. D. McLeod, at and for the sum of five dollars per thousand feet. .The contract or deed in question contained the following provision:
“Said payments for said timber shall be made on the first day of each month hereafter, and in case all timber removed'from said land be not paid for on the first day of each month hereafter as aforesaid, then and in that case that part of this contract with reference to the sale and conveyance of said timber shall become void and of no effect and the title to all of said…
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