Farrar v. Churchill
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEALS FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF MISSISSIPPI. In equity. Decrees dismissing the bill and the cross-bill. Each party appealed. The case is stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Fuller
delivered the. opinion of the court.
John Churchill held title to certain lands in Mississippi, as trustee for Mary M. Clark, whose husband, M. L. Clark, in 1881, employed J. H. D. Bowmar, of Yicksburg, to sell the property, which he did, to A. B. Pittman, also a resident of that city, and on the 16th of March, 1882, Churchill as trustee, and Mr. and Mrs. Clark, all residing in Louisville, Kentucky, conveyed the lands and “ the mules, implements and cattle on the plantation, save two horses, reserved by said two parties,” to Pittman. This conveyance recites that it is “ made this 9th day of…
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