Keaton v. Miller
Mississippi Supreme Court
.Appeal from the Chancery ■ Court of Monroe county. Hon. Joel M. Acker, chancellor. The substance of the hill is stated in the opinion of the court. The creditors in the deed of trust were, together with Keaton the grantor, made parties defendant. James T. Harrison, one of the creditors, did not answer, his debt having been paid, as appears by the answer of the other defendants. Overton Harris and Keaton demurred, as stated in the opinion, and afterwards answered.
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.Appeal from the Chancery ■ Court of Monroe county. Hon. Joel M. Acker, chancellor. The substance of the hill is stated in the opinion of the court. The creditors in the deed of trust were, together with Keaton the grantor, made parties defendant. James T. Harrison, one of the creditors, did not answer, his debt having been paid, as appears by the answer of the other defendants. Overton Harris and Keaton demurred, as stated in the opinion, and afterwards answered. Harris set out in his answer the debts that were unpaid, and denied any knowledge of the alleged gift. Keaton denied the gift, and…
1Opinion of the CourtHandy, J.
The substance of the bill in this case is, that the complainant, who is the appellee here, was married to the daughter of Keaton in the year 1847, and that Keaton, in the years 1848 and 1849, executed three deeds in trust, to secure certain debts due to Overton Harris and to James T. Harrison, and to indemnify the former for certain liabilities incurred by him for Keaton, and conveying, for these purposes, twenty-two slaves, worth about fifteen thousand dollars, and a tract of land worth five thousand dollars; that these deeds in trust, by their terms, were to be void on the payment of the…
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