COCHRAN v. DEPOSIT GUAR. NAT. BANK

No. 56881.

509 So.2d 1045 (1987)

Henry Clay COCHRAN and Audrey L. Cochran v. DEPOSIT GUARANTY NATIONAL BANK and William S. Mullins, III, Trustee.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

July 8, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Franklin C. McKenzie, Jr., Laurel, for appellants.

Norman Gene Hortman, Jr., Gibbes, Graves, Mullins, Bullock & Ferris, Laurel, for appellees.

Before ROY NOBLE LEE, P.J., and ROBERTSON and ANDERSON, JJ.


ROBERTSON, Justice, for the court:

This case presents the question whether the holder of a deed of trust securing an indebtedness may upon default foreclose, notwithstanding the prior renewal of the secured (but now in default) indebtedness by one other than the grantor in the deed of trust. We hold that it may and affirm.

On November 17, 1978, Henry Clay Cochran and Audrey L. Cochran and two others executed and delivered a $125,000.00 promissory note in favor...

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