Columbia Star Milling Co. v. Brand
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the chancery court of Clay county. Hon. A. J. McIntyre, Chancellor. Suit by John Brand against the Columbia Star Milling Company and others. From a decree pro confesso and final judgment against the named defendant, it appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court.
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Appeal from the chancery court of Clay county. Hon. A. J. McIntyre, Chancellor. Suit by John Brand against the Columbia Star Milling Company and others. From a decree pro confesso and final judgment against the named defendant, it appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. There are two points of controversy arising out of this appeal, namely: First: Did the lower court have jurisdiction of the person of appellant by proper process? Second: Did appellant by any act of its own, or by duly authorized attorney, enter a voluntary ap-. pearance to the merits of the…
1Opinion of the CourtSykes, J.
The appellee, John Brand, filed a bill in the chancery court of Clay county, Miss., making as defendants thereto Edward F. Sehoening, Columbia Star Milling-Company, and David Cottrell. The material allegations of the bill are that the complainant had executed and delivered to the defendant, Sehoening, a trust deed conveying to Cottrell as trustee certain land in Clay county to secure the payment of a promissory note for $600, with interest; that the complainant had been‘in the employ of the defendant, Sehoening to sell flour manufactured by the defendant milling company, but that Sehoening…
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