Wainwright v. Atkins
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the circuit court of Hinds county. Hon. W. A. Henry Judge. Suit by J. W. Atkins against M. E. Wainwright. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals.. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. The court will notice from the record that J. W. Atkins paid the judgment in Louisiana on the 10th day of February, 1909. The amount of the judgment at that time was one hundred and ninety-eight dollars and fifty cents.
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Appeal from the circuit court of Hinds county. Hon. W. A. Henry Judge. Suit by J. W. Atkins against M. E. Wainwright. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals.. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. The court will notice from the record that J. W. Atkins paid the judgment in Louisiana on the 10th day of February, 1909. The amount of the judgment at that time was one hundred and ninety-eight dollars and fifty cents. Under the law the judgment carried with it interest from date. It is apparent that the interest alone on this judgment would raise it above the…
1Opinion of the CourtCook, J.
This suit was begun by attachment in the justice of the peace court, and was based upon an assigned judgment rendered by a Louisiana court in favor of J. T. Steele against M. E. Wainwright and J. W. Atldns, appellee. It appears that a draft was drawn by one H. W. Wainwright in favor of J. T. Steele upon appellant, M. E. Wainwright, *448which was accepted by him and indorsed by appellee, J. W. Atkins. The payee, J. T. Steele, instituted suit against the drawer, the drawee, and J'. W. Atkins, the indorser, and judgment was rendered by the Louisiana court against appellant, the drawee and acceptor…
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