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SCOTT v. NEELY

No. 314.

140 U.S. 106 (1891)

11 S.Ct. 712

35 L.Ed. 358

SCOTT, v. NEELY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 27, 1891.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Edward Mayes for appellants.

Mr. W.V. Sullivan for appellees. Mr. F.A. Montgomery was with him on the brief.

MR. JUSTICE FIELD, after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.

This is a suit in equity to subject the property of the defendants to the payment of a simple contract debt of one of them, in advance of any proceedings at law, either to establish the validity and amount of the debt, or to enforce its collection. It is founded upon sections 1843 and 1845 of the Code of Mississippi of 1880, being parts of the...

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