Methodist Episcopal Church South v. Mayor of Vicksrurg
Mississippi Supreme Court
Error to the Circuit Court of Warren County. Hon. Geo. E. Brown, Judge. Plaintiff in error brought suit in the circuit court of Warren county at the June term, 1869, thereof, to recover one thousand dollars, the value of six thousand brick, alleged to have been taken and used by the defendant. The case was tried at the December term, 1872, and resulted in a judgment in favor of defendants, and the case comes to this court on writ of error.
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Error to the Circuit Court of Warren County. Hon. Geo. E. Brown, Judge. Plaintiff in error brought suit in the circuit court of Warren county at the June term, 1869, thereof, to recover one thousand dollars, the value of six thousand brick, alleged to have been taken and used by the defendant. The case was tried at the December term, 1872, and resulted in a judgment in favor of defendants, and the case comes to this court on writ of error. The following is assigned for error, to wit: 1. The circuit court erred in sustaining defendant’s objections to the statements of M. Murphy, and also the…
1Opinion of the CourtPeyton, C. J.
The plaintiffs in error sued the defendants in the circuit court of Warren county, in an action of assumpsit to recover the value of 60,000 bricks alleged to have been sold and delivered by the plaintiffs to the defendants.
To this action the defendants appear and plead the general issue, non assumpsit. And upon issue taken upon this plea, the court found for the defendants. Whereupon the plaintiffs moved the court for a new trial on the following grounds:
1. Because the finding is contrary to law and evidence.
2. Because the court erred in not permitting evidence to be given of the statements…
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