Quartette Music Co. v. Haygood
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the circuit court of Lee county. Hon. Claude Clayton, Judge. Suit by the Quartette Music Company against J. L. Haygood and another. From a judgment overruling a demurrer to the plea of defendants, plaintiff appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. The court erred in overruling the demurrer. It should have been sustained; the plea filed by appellees presenting no defense to this action.
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Appeal from the circuit court of Lee county. Hon. Claude Clayton, Judge. Suit by the Quartette Music Company against J. L. Haygood and another. From a judgment overruling a demurrer to the plea of defendants, plaintiff appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. The court erred in overruling the demurrer. It should have been sustained; the plea filed by appellees presenting no defense to this action. The plea sets out that J. L. Haygood was appellant’s agent; that appellant was engaged in selling to the public, sheet music and music in book form; that said Haygood acting…
1Opinion of the CourtCook, J.
Appellant, a Texas corporation, filed its declaration in the circuit court of Lee county against J. L. Hay-good and G-. W. Long, demanding judgment for two-hundred and twenty-five dollars and interest, evidenced by a promissory note signed by these defendants. To-this declaration defendants filed this plea, viz.:
“Now comes the defendants in the above-styled cause, and for plea in their behalf say: That the debt sued for in this cause is not a legal and just demand, against, defendants, because the plaintiff, the Quartette Music Company, is a foreign corporation, incorporated under the laws of…
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