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Byrne, Vance & Co. v. Jeffries

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided April 15, 1860PublishedCited by 8 opinions

ERROR to the Circuit Court of Madison county. Hon. E. G-. Henry, judge. The plaintiffs filed their declaration in the court below, against the defendant, with the indorsement thereon as stated in the opinion of the court. On the first day of the March term, 1860, of the court below, the plaintiffs moved the court to render judgment “ according to the agreement made on the plaintiffs’ declaration.”

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ERROR to the Circuit Court of Madison county. Hon. E. G-. Henry, judge. The plaintiffs filed their declaration in the court below, against the defendant, with the indorsement thereon as stated in the opinion of the court. On the first day of the March term, 1860, of the court below, the plaintiffs moved the court to render judgment “ according to the agreement made on the plaintiffs’ declaration.” On the third day of the term, said motion was tried, — both parties appearing “by their respective attorneys;” and the plaintiffs proved, by J. C. Richards, the execution, by the defendant, of the…

1Opinion of the CourtHarris, J.

On the 20th day of March, 1860, the plaintiff filed, in the clerk’s office of the Circuit Court of Madison county, his declaration, with the following acknowledgment, entry, and agreement thereon, viz.:

“ I hereby waive the issuance of a summons on this declaration, and do hereby enter my appearance thereto, and consent that the Circuit Court of Madison county, Mississippi, shall render judg*536ment against me, as surviving partner of John G. Powell, on Monday next, the 26th day of March, A.D. 1860, for the sum of eight thousand one hundred and fifty-five dollars and twenty-five cents. Said…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Hemphill v. HemphillMississippi Supreme Court · 1857

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Brown v. SuttonMississippi Supreme Court · 1929
  2. Chambliss v. ChamblissMississippi Supreme Court · 1938
  3. Townsend v. BeaversMississippi Supreme Court · 1939
  4. Cullens v. CullensMississippi Supreme Court · 1940
  5. Industrial Inv. Co., Inc. v. Life Ins. Co.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1933

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