Pearl River County Board of Supervisors v. South East Collections Agency, Inc.

WALKER, Presiding Justice,

for the Court:

This is an appeal from the Circuit Court of Pearl River County, Mississippi, wherein the Court granted to plaintiff, South East Collections, judgment in the amount of $4,856.48. We reverse.

The plaintiff brought suit on a promissory note allegedly executed by Sam Bodie, deputy sheriff of the Pearl River County’s sheriff’s department, purporting to bind the sheriff’s department and the County of Pearl River. The bill of complaint names as defendants, the Pearl River County Board of Supervisors, Sam Bodie and Willie Brown, a county prisoner.

The Board of…