Salmon v. Smith
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the Chancery Court of Tate County. Hon. J. B. Morgan, Chancellor. W. B. Smith, having a judgment against J. M. Salmon, upon which execution had been issued and returned nulla bona, filed the bill in this cause against J. M. Salmon and his wife, D. Anna W. Salmon, to subject to his judgment certain real property, the legal title to which was in the name of D. Anna W. Salmon.
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Appeal from the Chancery Court of Tate County. Hon. J. B. Morgan, Chancellor. W. B. Smith, having a judgment against J. M. Salmon, upon which execution had been issued and returned nulla bona, filed the bill in this cause against J. M. Salmon and his wife, D. Anna W. Salmon, to subject to his judgment certain real property, the legal title to which was in the name of D. Anna W. Salmon. The scope and purpose of the suit, the substantial import of the pleadings, and the conclusions of fact upon the evidence are sufficiently indicated in the opinion of the court to show the state of case to…
1Opinion of the CourtCampbell, J.
The decree of the chancellor, when tested by what we are led, by the argument made here, to believe was made the especial subject of contention before him, is correct; but it is plain to our minds that the real matter of controversy presented by the record is different from that argued here, and, as we suppose, pressed on the attention of the chancellor. '
The case stands thus, viz. : The bill is against husband and wife, to subject to the demand of the complainant property held by the wife as the result of a series of fraudulent acts of the husband to hinder and defraud his creditors. The…
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