Holly Springs gazette., 1845-10-25
Distrtct Chaaef Court of tAe Sax Q

DtS9Ftcf ChTaee CouTt 81 ne Sfdie o.
Nississippi. at Holly Springs.
John ID. Bradford In Vacation DC
575 vs. tuoer 9Th, lS45.
The President. Direc- UPos opening the
2 Is and Company of 2 matters oiihls BILL,
h Union bank OF Ten> il appearing tia:
nessee, Joha II. B-sS the defendants ase
and j. Corey. not lahablianis oi
the State of Mississippi, but that the Union
= INK Of reune ssee Is an incorporated lnstI
tuition, located al Nashville in sail State,
aud said Bass and Corey are residents OF
said State, so that the ordinary process OF
this Court cannot be served OF them =
Therefore It is ordered that unless the de
PENDANTS appear before the Vice Chancellor,
at The Courl room in Holly Springs. on the
/ FIRST Monday of January next, and plead.
! answer or demur 10 Complainants Bill.
the several allega ious thereof will be taxen
/ for confessed, and such order and decree
made therein as shall appear equitable and
Just.
And il is further ordered hat copy of
this order be inserted ia the Holly Springs
| Gaz stte," newspaper published IL the
town Of Holly Springs Mississippi, once
week for two months. successively.
TEsT JAMES c. ALDERSON, Clerk
ABSTRACT
CHARGEs. That on the 9th January, 1915,
Compl purchased Of the President. Direc-
tors and Company Of the Union Bank of
/ Tennessee. the FLOWING described lands,
living IA the State of Mississippi, 10 wit: sec
ton 2 in township of range D, east OF the
Basis Meridian in Pontotoc County, and
section tv o, of township 5, range ., east, IN
Tishemingo County, that Compl with Ben
liamin Nj. Bradford, his security and JOINT
drawer, executed his several notes to sa d
President. Directors s. Co, for the pur-
chase money. payable as follows, one foi
SIISO. 10 100 payable on the 18th Octobei
1915, one for 8 l247. payable 18th October
1916. one fer Sl3I3, 81 100 payable l2tt
I October, 1S47, that John nj. Bass, Pfesl
ldent, and J Corey, Cashier of said Bank
executed to Compl "a bond, 20 make to hln
a good and valid title to SAID lands. wher
# said notes should be paid off, by what au
: ,horitv said President and Cashier executed
il said bond. Compl is wholly ignorant, anC
requires full proof of their authority 10 exc
cute the same.
That at the time Compl made said pur
chase. he believed said President, Director
II & Co. was possessed of clear indefeas
: bic and unencumbered title TO SAID lands
and it was not ill long afterwards, that h
discovered that at the time OF said sale an
purchase, they had no right or utle 10 sai
\ lands, except a mere contingent one, or eq
= uity of redemption, which is now en;lrei
'E lost bv limitation Of time, that both said SCI
N tions o. land, had been sold for the take
- due and owing the State and County,
wit: section = had been sold in 1913 10
the taxes of 1912 except the north we'
;. quarter which is of little or no value, an
IS formed no inducemeut to the purchase 3
Comp that the purchasers at the sale Il
taxes have procured a deed theI etor, wh:c
ed is of record in the proper office, that sa
section two wa sold tor the taxes OF Isl
be and was bid of for the State OF MIssIsslp!
ne and deed has been executed vestlng
Il said Stale a valid tite ID the same, that Il
ne time Of redemption Of said lands has lor
Id since transpired placing it out of the pow
of defandan to comply with their Gov
nant in said bond.
That Compi is ready, able and willis
- to comply on his part. that said lands we
o purchased by Compl with view to s.
"A ,hem and in their present lncumbered co
'ou o dition it is impossible to 60 so.
.u' That the defendants well knew, at I
=. time of making said contract and sale, II
o. SAID lands had been sold for the taxes. a
-" shat they had no title thereto
!" PRAYER, That said contract be rescIr
hn' ed and said notes delivered up and canoe
" ed.
ere JAMES G. ANDERSON, Clerk.
ToTrEN s. BRADFORD. Solicitors
- Oct il, 1S45 no-Zh'