Pollock v. Buie
Mississippi Supreme Court
Error to tbe circuit court of Copiah court. McNair, J. The plaintiff in error assigned, the folloiving errors: 1st. Tbe court below erred in sustaining tbe motion for a new trial, and in setting aside tbe verdict of tbe jury. 2d. Tbe court erred in granting tbe instructions asked for by the defendants in error at tbe trial before the jury at the April term, A. D. 1868, thereby misleading the jury as to'tbe 1 aw of tbe case. 3d.
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Error to tbe circuit court of Copiah court. McNair, J. The plaintiff in error assigned, the folloiving errors: 1st. Tbe court below erred in sustaining tbe motion for a new trial, and in setting aside tbe verdict of tbe jury. 2d. Tbe court erred in granting tbe instructions asked for by the defendants in error at tbe trial before the jury at the April term, A. D. 1868, thereby misleading the jury as to'tbe 1 aw of tbe case. 3d. The court below erred in overruling the motion for a new trial at the April term, A. D. 1868, and in giving judgment on the verdict of the jury then rendered in favor…
1Opinion of the Court
Peyton, C. J.:
Thomas C. Pollock as surviving administrator of the estate of J ames L. Galeote, deceased, instituted suit in the circuit court of Copiah county, against Robert W. Buie and Alexander M. Buie, as executors of the last will and testament of Neill Buie, deceased, and B. Pendleton, on a writing obligatory for $1,505, executed by said Neill Buie, deceased, and B. Pendleton, on the 7th day of February, 1859, and payable to Stephen Odell and Thomas 0. Pollock as administrators of the estate of the said James L. Galeote, on the 15th day of December next thereafter.
At the October term of…
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