Allen-West Commission Co. v. Millstead

Citations

• 92 Miss. 837
• 46 So. 256

Syllabus

<p>1. Judgment Lien. Error in defendant’s name. Judgment 'roil. Constructive notice.</p> <p>A judgment rendered and enrolled against a defendant, designated only by two capital letters preceding his surname, is not constructive notice of a lien on the lands of a person of the same surname, the first of whose initials is the first of the letters used, but whose second initial is a different letter from the second one used, although the plaintiff intended to sue that person.</p> <p>2. Same. ’ Error. Corrected. Bona fide purchaser.</p> <p>A judgment rendered and enrolled, mistakingly naming the defendant, cannot be corrected so as to affect the intervening rights bf bona fide purchasers.</p> <p>8. Same. Actuad possession of land. Notice.</p> <p>Actual possession of land by a bona fide purchaser thereof charges all persons concerned with notice of his rights as effectually as would the recordation of his'deed.</p> <p>4. Same. Federal court judgment.</p> <p>The rule that a- bona fide purchaser of land from a judgment debtor, before the judgment against him became effective, takes a good title as against the judgment creditor, is the same whether the judgment were rendered by a federal or a state court.</p>