Hollingsworth v. Willis
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Sharkey County. •Hon. Ralph North, Judge. The case is stated in the opinion of the court. 1. We believe this appeal is premature, because by the code, § 2412, either party had until the end of the term next succeeding that when the award was made in which to make objections to the award. This time has not yet elapsed.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Sharkey County. •Hon. Ralph North, Judge. The case is stated in the opinion of the court. 1. We believe this appeal is premature, because by the code, § 2412, either party had until the end of the term next succeeding that when the award was made in which to make objections to the award. This time has not yet elapsed. If your honors take this view, we beg that the dismissal be put specifically on that ground, so that an appeal be not lost on further action in the court below. 2. Judgment was improperly rendered ■ against the sureties, because when the court…
1Opinion of the Court
Cooper, C. J.,
delivered the opinion of the court.. The appellee sued out a distress warrant against J. A. and G. W. Hollingsworth for the collection of rent and the price of supplies advanced by him for them. Jn his affidavit he stated that the tenants were indebted to him in a certain sum for rent in arrear, and that they were indebted to him in a certain other sum for supplies advanced, and that he had good reason to believe, and did believe, that the tenants would remove their effects from the leased premises before the rent would become due, so that no distress could be made therefor. On…
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