McRaven v. McGuire
Mississippi Supreme Court
In error from the circuit court of Washington county; Hon. George Coalter, judge. The record in this case contains depositions and papers not embodied in the bill of exceptions; these were disregarded by the court, and are therefore not noticed in the statement of the case.
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In error from the circuit court of Washington county; Hon. George Coalter, judge. The record in this case contains depositions and papers not embodied in the bill of exceptions; these were disregarded by the court, and are therefore not noticed in the statement of the case. By the record it appears that John Doe, on the demise of Joseph McGuire, filed his declaration in ejectment, in the circuit court of Bolivar county, in which there were two demises, both dated 1st January, 1839. The first was “ of a certain tract or parcel of land, containing three hundred and twenty acres, bounded on the…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Sharkey
delivered the following opinion.
This was an action of ejectment, in which the plaintiff below recovered a verdict. The defendant moved for a new •trial, and on its being overruled, excepted. Several depositions were offered in evidence, which, although copied by the clerk, are not incorporated in the bill of exceptions. Whether the verdict was or was not contrary to the evidence, is a question that cannot .be determined, as all the evidence is not properly presented. Our inquiries will therefore be confined to the propriety. of the decisions in admitting, or in excluding such evidence as has…
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