Pitchford v. Howard

This is an appeal from the Chancery Court of the First Judicial District of Hinds County, involving a transaction concerning a house and lot in the City of Jackson conveyed to Mr. Howard by Mrs. Pitchford, to be reconveyed to her by him later, upon compliance with the terms and purpose of an oral agreement to that end. For convenience, we will refer to the actors by name, since Mrs. Howard seems to have been more or less inactive in promoting the compact.

Mrs. Pitchford filed her original bill with certain specific alternate prayers. 1st, that her deed to Mr. Howard, which was dated October…