Wright v. Craig
Mississippi Supreme Court
Prom tbe circuit court of Sunflower county. Hon. Sydney M. Smith, Judge. Mrs. Wright, appellant, was plaintiff in the court below,Craig, appellee, was defendant there. Prom a judgment in defendant’s favor plaintiff appealed to the supreme court. Oraig, appellee, as landlord, sued out an attachment for rent against M. A. Chambers and J. P. Wright, to- recover $350 rent for the Craig hotel building alleged to be due and in arrears..
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Prom tbe circuit court of Sunflower county. Hon. Sydney M. Smith, Judge. Mrs. Wright, appellant, was plaintiff in the court below,Craig, appellee, was defendant there. Prom a judgment in defendant’s favor plaintiff appealed to the supreme court. Oraig, appellee, as landlord, sued out an attachment for rent against M. A. Chambers and J. P. Wright, to- recover $350 rent for the Craig hotel building alleged to be due and in arrears.. Mrs., Wright, appellant, - was in possession of the hotel as its manager when the sheriff levied the writ on certain furniture, in the hotel building, valued at…
1Opinion of the Court
Whitfield, O. J.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
There was much confusion in the trial of this case in the court below in respect to the pleadings. There is nothing in the record to show that Mrs. Wright was the representative of J. E. Wright or his partner. Code 1906, § 2845, expressly provides that the officer mailing a distress or seizure shall give notice thereof, together with the cause of taking, to the tenant or his representative in person, if to be found. Either one of the partners could readily have been found. The motion to quash should have been sustained; but, as the party…
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