Moore v. Kirkland
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the circuit court of Clarke county. IioN. J. L. Buckley, Judge. Suit by J. A. Moore against J. K. Kirldand. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court.
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Appeal from the circuit court of Clarke county. IioN. J. L. Buckley, Judge. Suit by J. A. Moore against J. K. Kirldand. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. This case is analogous to Lee v. Newman in 55 Mississippi page 365, as in the case cited appellant was attempting to show that appellee, Kirkland, in order to obtain the order from Kervin Robinson, agreed to pay for appellant, J. A. Moore, one hundred dollars which the said Kervin Robinson was due the appellant Moore for borrowed money. In the language of the court as in…
1Opinion of the CourtPotter, J.
Appellee sued appellant in a justice of the peace court on open account for one hundred ten dollars and thirteen cents. A judgment was recovered in the justice’s court in favor of appellant, who had pleaded an offset of one hundred dollars. The appellee appealed to the circuit court, and a trial de novo was had, resulting in a judgment for the appellee for the amount sued for. Appellant thereupon appealed to this court, assigning as error the exclusion of evidence offered to establish his offset of one hundred dollars.
With a view of proving his right to the offset pleaded, appellant offered…
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- Hendrick v. LindsaySupreme Court of the United States · 1876
- Arnold v. LymanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1821
- Hall v. MarstonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1822
- Lee v. NewmanMississippi Supreme Court · 1877
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