Hubbard v. Hemphill
Mississippi Supreme Court
From the chancery court of Grenada county. IIon. Isaac T. Blount, Chancellor. Mrs. Hemphill, appellee, was complainant in the court below; Hubbard, appellant, was defendant there. At the next term of the court following a final decree against him, taxing him with -costs, defendant made a motion to retax the costs in the case, and from a decree denying the motion, appealed to the-supreme court.
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From the chancery court of Grenada county. IIon. Isaac T. Blount, Chancellor. Mrs. Hemphill, appellee, was complainant in the court below; Hubbard, appellant, was defendant there. At the next term of the court following a final decree against him, taxing him with -costs, defendant made a motion to retax the costs in the case, and from a decree denying the motion, appealed to the-supreme court. Appellant’s motion showed that three witnesses for complainant, the total of whose fees as taxed amounted to $54, had not. made affidavits of their attendance at the trial, and -the clerk of the court…
1Opinion of the CourtWhitfield, C. J.
Code 1906, § 2200, is in the following words: “Witness Fees in Civil Gases—Plow Certificates for Obtained.—The fees to which a witness may be entitled in a civil case shall be allowed, *390on the affidavit of the witness, stating the number of days he has attended, and the amount of mileage, toll and ferriage to Avhieh he is entitled, to be taken and preserved by the clerk of the court, master or other officer before whom the witness Avas called to testify, and a certificate of the allowance shall be given to the witness. A witness shall be entitled to demand, at the expiration of each day, his…
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