Hand & Huddleston v. Grant
Mississippi Supreme Court
In error, from the circuit court of Lowndes county. Hon. Hendley S. Bennett, judge. This was an action of assumpsit, brought by Pryor M. Grant, sheriff of Lowndes county, against John H. bland and John Huddleston, to the April term, 1841, of the circuit court of Lowndes county. The declaration contained three counts; the first was founded on a memorandum, in writing, and the second and third were common counts. The defendants pleaded the general issue.
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In error, from the circuit court of Lowndes county. Hon. Hendley S. Bennett, judge. This was an action of assumpsit, brought by Pryor M. Grant, sheriff of Lowndes county, against John H. bland and John Huddleston, to the April term, 1841, of the circuit court of Lowndes county. The declaration contained three counts; the first was founded on a memorandum, in writing, and the second and third were common counts. The defendants pleaded the general issue. On the trial the plaintiff offered in evidence his return on the several executions under which he acted, as the'memorandum, in writing, of…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Shahkey
The defendant in error, as sheriff of Lowndes county, instituted this suit to recover the price of two lots, which he had sold under sundry executions, and which were bid off by the plaintiffs in error, through an agent, at the sum of $3005. The declaration contains three counts, one on a memorandum in writing, and two common counts, to which the defendants below pleaded non assumpsit. To support his action, the sheriff offered in evidence his returns on the executions, showing, the levy and sale to the plaintiffs in error, after advertisement, for the sum of $3005. He also proved that he had…
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