Legal Opinion

Avera v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided September 30, 1974No. 48161Published

1Opinion of the Court

RODGERS, Presiding Justice.

ON MOTION TO DISMISS

The State of Mississippi has filed a Motion to Dismiss the appeal of the appellants on the ground that the record on appeal to this Court from the Circuit Court of Greene County, Mississippi, does not include the transcript of the judgment from the Justice of the Peace Court to the Circuit Court to accord with Mississippi Code Annotated Section 11-51-87 (1972).

The many cases cited under the above section holding that the Supreme Court acquired no jurisdiction in cases where the copy of the judgment of the Justice of the Peace was not included in…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. McCluney v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1931
  2. Whittington v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1953
  3. Travillion v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1949

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