Payne v. Stovall
Mississippi Supreme Court
From the circuit court of the first district of Chickasaw county. Hon. Lock E. Houston, Judge. On the 12th of December, 1887, in the first district of Chickasaw county, appellant made affidavit, and sued out an attachment against the appellee, Stovall, for $250, rent alleged to be in arrear, and $250 for supplies advanced the said Stovall as tenant, “during the year 1887.” The affidavit did not state when the rent or supplies became due, but alleged that the term commenced…
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From the circuit court of the first district of Chickasaw county. Hon. Lock E. Houston, Judge. On the 12th of December, 1887, in the first district of Chickasaw county, appellant made affidavit, and sued out an attachment against the appellee, Stovall, for $250, rent alleged to be in arrear, and $250 for supplies advanced the said Stovall as tenant, “during the year 1887.” The affidavit did not state when the rent or supplies became due, but alleged that the term commenced January 1, and ended November 1, 1887. On making the affidavit, the landlord gave bond with sureties, as required by the…
1Opinion of the CourtCampbell, J.
The objections to the attachment proceedings were frivolous, and should not have been sustained.
We adhere to Dudley v. Harvey, 59 Miss. 34, but this case does not present a single feature of that.
Reversed and remanded.
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Dudley v. HarveyMississippi Supreme Court · 1881