Legal Opinion

Mitchell v. Campbell

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided March 15, 1916PublishedCited by 10 opinions

Appeal from the circuit court of Hinds county. Hon W. H. Potter, Judge. Suit by C. Mitchell against Blanche Campbell. From a judgment, plaintiff appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court.

1Opinion of the CourtStevens, J.

Appellant sued appellee in a justice of the peace court upon two promissory notes. Upon the trial of the case in the circuit court, a peremptory instruction was given by the trial judge in favor of appellee as the defendant, and from the judgment entered in pursuance of this instruction appellant appeals.

It appears that one E. R. Price, of Macon, Ga., owned a house and lot on Oakley street in Jackson, Miss., and in September, 1913, the premises were by contract in writing leased to the appellee for a period of two years at a monthly rental of seventy-five dollars payable in advance. E. R.…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. President of the Bank of the United States v. OwensSupreme Court of the United States · 1829
  2. Sprague v. RooneySupreme Court of Missouri · 1891
  3. Demartini v. AndersonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1899
  4. Ernst v. . CrosbyNew York Court of Appeals · 1893
  5. Sherman v. WilderMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1871

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Whittington v. H. T. Cottam Co.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1930
  2. Whelchel v. StennettMississippi Supreme Court · 1942
  3. Musco v. TorelloSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1925
  4. Merchants Bank & Trust Co. v. WalkerMississippi Supreme Court · 1942
  5. Time Insurance v. SamsDistrict Court, N.D. Mississippi · 1988

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