Pinnix v. Jones
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from circuit court of Monroe county/ Hon. C. P. Long, Judge. Action by W. Jones against J. A. Pinnix in the justice court, which was appealed to the circuit court, and there combined with an action by one Pennington for unlawful entry and detainer. Verdict and judgment awarding the possession of the premises to Pennington, together with double rent therefor, and the defendant appeals.
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Appeal from circuit court of Monroe county/ Hon. C. P. Long, Judge. Action by W. Jones against J. A. Pinnix in the justice court, which was appealed to the circuit court, and there combined with an action by one Pennington for unlawful entry and detainer. Verdict and judgment awarding the possession of the premises to Pennington, together with double rent therefor, and the defendant appeals. These cases should be reversed because the court below sustained the motion of plaintiffs below, combining and consolidating the cases and trying same as one case. W. F. Jones assumed the roll of landlord…
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, C. J.
The appellant was a tenant of the appellee, Jones under a lease which would expire on December 31st; on December 18th prior thereto Jones sold the leased premises to the appellee Pennington, and on the same day gave the appellant the following written notice: “I have sold the *772place you are now on and want possession. Please govern yourself accordingly.”
The appellant claiming to have leased the premises for the following year, declined to surrender the same. On the 15th of January Jones commenced a proceeding in the court of a justice of the peace for the removal of the appellant from the…
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