Ham v. West
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the circuit court of Perry county. HoN. Paul B. JOHNSON, Judge., Bastardy proceedings by Ernie West, by next friend, .against Elmore Ham. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. Evidently our lawmakers, in directing the testimony to be taken down in writing before the justice of the peace were not “joking.”
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Appeal from the circuit court of Perry county. HoN. Paul B. JOHNSON, Judge., Bastardy proceedings by Ernie West, by next friend, .against Elmore Ham. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. Evidently our lawmakers, in directing the testimony to be taken down in writing before the justice of the peace were not “joking.” Evidently they intended that by so doing defendant might, while being arrested and imprisoned, or detained, and while the charge was being initiated, might be informed with the nature of the accusation against…
1Opinion of the CourtSykes, J.
The appellant, Elmore Ham, prosecutes an appeal to this court from, a judgment of the circuit court in favor of appellee, Ernie West, by her father and next friend, ordering and adjudging that appellee have and recover from'Elmore Ham the sum of five dollars a month for a period of ten years.
This suit originated before a justice of the peace, under chapter 15, Code of 1906 (chapter 7, Hemingway’s Code), relating to bastardy proceedings. In the justice’s court judgment was rendered in favor of the appellant, and an appeal was prosecuted by appellee to the circuit court. The first alleged error…
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