Legal Opinion

Wynne v. Mississippi & Tennessee Railroad

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided October 15, 1871PublishedCited by 3 opinions

Error to the circuit court of Be Soto county. Fisher, J. The facts appear in the opinion of the court. Cited Rev. Code, 1857, p. 522 ; ib. p. 145 ; Kirkland v. Robinson, 24 Ind. 105 ; Miles v. Ohaver, 14 ib. 206 ; Harper v. Royal, 3 Bush (Ky.) ; Hendon v. Mason, 4 J. J. Marsh. 575; Huger v. Osborne, 1 Bay. 31 ; Howard v. Levy Court, 1 Har. & Johns, 658 ; Commonwealth v. Brown, 5 Call.

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Error to the circuit court of Be Soto county. Fisher, J. The facts appear in the opinion of the court. Cited Rev. Code, 1857, p. 522 ; ib. p. 145 ; Kirkland v. Robinson, 24 Ind. 105 ; Miles v. Ohaver, 14 ib. 206 ; Harper v. Royal, 3 Bush (Ky.) ; Hendon v. Mason, 4 J. J. Marsh. 575; Huger v. Osborne, 1 Bay. 31 ; Howard v. Levy Court, 1 Har. & Johns, 658 ; Commonwealth v. Brown, 5 Call. (Ya.) 569 ; Rev. Code, p. 315. Cited Rev. Code, 1857, p. 145 ; Miles v. Ohaver, 14 Ind. 206 ; Hendon v. Mason, 4 J. J. Marsh. 575 ; Yance v. Bank of Columbus, 5 Ham. (Ohio) 368-; Cross v. The State, 1 Yerger,…

1Opinion of the Court

Peyton, C. J.:

It appears that W. Gr. Wynne recovered a judgment in the circuit court of Be Soto county, against the Mississippi and Tennessee Railroad Company, for the sum of $15,000. That a writ of execution upon said judgment was issued and placed in the hands of one Josiah Baily, the sheriff of said county, who levied the same upon property of the defendants sufficient to satisfy the debt, and advertised the same for sale ; but, before the day of sale, the plaintiff received the promissory nóte of the defendants in payment and satisfaction of his said judgment, and ordered the execution to…

2Cited by3 opinions

  1. Kane v. Union Pacific RailroadNebraska Supreme Court · 1876
  2. Anderson v. HawksMississippi Supreme Court · 1893
  3. Powell v. DavisMississippi Supreme Court · 1918

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