Schlicht v. Callicott
Mississippi Supreme Court
From the circuit court of Monroe county. Hon. Eugene O. Sykes, Judge. Callicott, the appellee and tenant, was the plaintiff in the court below; Schlicht, the appellant and landlord, was defendant there. The action was an issue made under the statute, code 1892, § 2528, hereinafter quoted, as to debt due after property seized under an attachment for supplies furnished a tenant, by his landlord.
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From the circuit court of Monroe county. Hon. Eugene O. Sykes, Judge. Callicott, the appellee and tenant, was the plaintiff in the court below; Schlicht, the appellant and landlord, was defendant there. The action was an issue made under the statute, code 1892, § 2528, hereinafter quoted, as to debt due after property seized under an attachment for supplies furnished a tenant, by his landlord. The statute authorizing such an attachment or distress is as follows: ■ “2501. Attachment for rent and supplies; who entitled to and for what.—An attachment or distress may be sued out by the lessor of…
1Opinion of the CourtTerral, J.
On the twentieth of January, 1897, John Schlicht sued out an attachment for supplies in the sum of $75 against W. C. Callicott. The attachment writ was levied the same day upon 100 bushels of corn, valued at 25 cents per bushel, and upon 3 hogs, valued at $7.50. On the twenty-fourth day of January Callicott made affidavit before the constable levying the attachment that he was not indebted to John Schlicht, his landlord, in the sum of $75, as alleged by him, for supplies, and that he desired to contest said claim. Thereupon a summons was issued to John Schlicht to appear before C. H.…
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