Standley v. Miles
Mississippi Supreme Court
ERROR to tbe Circuit Court of Carroll county. Hon. James S. Johnson, presiding as special judge. The substance of the declaration and the evidence, is fully set out in the opinion of the court. It is necessary to state further, that the evidence shows that the debt contracted by Chambers and Standley, on the 5th February, 1855, amounted to $3600, and that, upon overruling defendant’s demurrer, he pleaded the general issue, verified by his oath.
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ERROR to tbe Circuit Court of Carroll county. Hon. James S. Johnson, presiding as special judge. The substance of the declaration and the evidence, is fully set out in the opinion of the court. It is necessary to state further, that the evidence shows that the debt contracted by Chambers and Standley, on the 5th February, 1855, amounted to $3600, and that, upon overruling defendant’s demurrer, he pleaded the general issue, verified by his oath. The following instructions were given in behalf of the plaintiffs. 1. That if the original credit was given at the request of Stand-ley, and upon the…
1Opinion of the Court
HáNDY, J.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
This action was brought by the defendants in error, upon the guaranty in writing, of the plaintiff in error.
The case was tried upon the amended declaration of the plaintiffs below; and the first ground of error here insisted upon, presents the question of the sufficiency of the declaration.
The declaration avers in substance, that the plaintiffs were iner-*446chants in New Orleans, in February, 1855, and that the defendant requested them to extend credit to, and accept the bills of, Chambers & Standley, a mercantile firm in this State, and furnish them…
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