West Point Motor Car Co. v. McGhee
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the circuit court of Clay county. Hon. T. B. Carroll, Judge. Action before a justice of the peace by the West-Point Motor Car Company against E. E. McGhee. Judgment against defendant and the sureties on his forthcoming bond, and he appealed to the circuit court which on motion dismissed the suit, and plaintiff appeals. Opposing counsel relies upon Code 190-6, section 2724, Hem.
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Appeal from the circuit court of Clay county. Hon. T. B. Carroll, Judge. Action before a justice of the peace by the West-Point Motor Car Company against E. E. McGhee. Judgment against defendant and the sureties on his forthcoming bond, and he appealed to the circuit court which on motion dismissed the suit, and plaintiff appeals. Opposing counsel relies upon Code 190-6, section 2724, Hem. Code, section 2223, as construed in Gibson v. 'Mills, 95 Miss. 726; Cam v. Simpson, 53 Miss. 521. These authorities have no application to the case at bar. Cain v. Simpson, was a suit before a justice of…
1Opinion of the CourtCook, J.
This action was instituted in the court of a justice of the peace in Clay county. The West Point Motor Car Company filed its statement of account, which consisted of items of repairs and material furnished by it and used in said repairs of a certain Saxon roadster automobile then located in West P'oint, Miss., within the jurisdiction of the justice of the peace. The justice of the peace issued a writ of seizure, and the sheriff of Clay county executed the writ by seizing the automobile and by personal service upon the owner of same. The owner of the automobile executed and delivered to the…
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