Mississippi Supreme Court, 1943

Lee, Jr. v. Duncan

Lee, Jr. v. Duncan
Mississippi Supreme Court · Decided December 20, 1943 · Smith
16 So. 2d 31; 195 Miss. 799; 1943 Miss. LEXIS 180 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

Lee, Jr. v. Duncan

Opinion of the Court

*802 Smith, C. J.,

delivered the opinion of the court.

The cause is controlled by the case of Homer P. Lee, Jr., et al., v. W. T. Boyd et al., 195 Miss. 794, 16 So. (2d) 30, this day decided, from which it follows that the appellant, Coates, must be held to be a bona fide purchaser for value of the property here involved, without notice of any defect in the title of his grantor thereto.

Affirmed as to Lee, but reversed and bill dismissed as to Coates.

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