Buchanan v. Smith
Mississippi Supreme Court
Error to Yazoo county circuit court. Campbell, J”. Plaintiff in error assigned the following errors: 1st. The court erred in refusing the instructions asked for the plaintiff below. 2d. The court erred in granting the instructions asked for defendant Barksdale. . . 3d. The jury found contrary to the law and evidence. 4th. The court erred in overruling the motion of plaintiff for a new trial. 5th.
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Error to Yazoo county circuit court. Campbell, J”. Plaintiff in error assigned the following errors: 1st. The court erred in refusing the instructions asked for the plaintiff below. 2d. The court erred in granting the instructions asked for defendant Barksdale. . . 3d. The jury found contrary to the law and evidence. 4th. The court erred in overruling the motion of plaintiff for a new trial. 5th. The court erred in refusing to enter a special judgment against the buildings in the general judgments against Smith. The facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion of the court. Insisted that the…
1Opinion of the Court
Simrall, J.:
This was a suit brought by Buchanan, against Smith and Barksdale, in the circuit court of Yazoo county, to enforce a mechanic’s lien on certain buildings on the Excelsior plantation. The claim is for work and labor done for Smith, in 1861, in sawing lumber for and erecting and building a gin house, servants cabins, and overseer’s house. The work was finished in November, 1861, and note dated 25th November of that year, for seven hundred and fifty dollars, was made and delivered by Smith to Buchanan, for the balance due. At the time the work was done, and the note executed, Smith…
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