Coopwood v. Prewett
Mississippi Supreme Court
IN error from the Circuit Court of Monroe county. Hon. William L. Harris, judge. The record in this case is voluminous, but the only facts necessary to be set out are as follows: In April, 1847, Mark Prewett sued Thomas Coopwood, in assumpsit, upon an open account for $1044.28, and such proceedings were thereupon had, that at the March term, 1853, of the’ Circuit Court of Monroe county, a verdict was rendered for defendant.
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IN error from the Circuit Court of Monroe county. Hon. William L. Harris, judge. The record in this case is voluminous, but the only facts necessary to be set out are as follows: In April, 1847, Mark Prewett sued Thomas Coopwood, in assumpsit, upon an open account for $1044.28, and such proceedings were thereupon had, that at the March term, 1853, of the’ Circuit Court of Monroe county, a verdict was rendered for defendant. A motion thereupon was made for a new trial by Prewett, and taken under advisement by the Hon. P. M. Rogers, who was at the time circuit judge, presiding in said court.…
1Opinion of the CourtHaNDY, J.
This was an action of assumpsit, brought by the defendant in error against the plaintiff.
It appears by the record, that the case was tried at the March term, 1853, of the Monroe Circuit Court, when a verdict was rendered for the defendant below. The plaintiff thereupon made a motion for a new trial, which was taken under advisement by the judge, who did not return his decision until the 27th day of January, 1854, on which day he issued to the clerk the following order, which is stated by the clerk to have been entered on the minutes by consent of the parties;—
11 In vacation, January 21th,…
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