Murdock Acceptance Corp. v. Adcox

The appellant, Murdock Acceptance Corporation, a Tennessee Corporation authorized to do business in the State of Mississippi, and having a branch office in Jackson, Mississippi, filed two replevin suits in the Circuit Court of Simpson County, seeking to recover possession of one 1958 six-cylinder Ford one-half ton pickup truck valued at $1978, and one 1958 eight-cylinder Ford two-ton truck and cab valued at $2544. The affidavits in replevin were filed on May 31, 1960, and writs of re-plevin were issued on the same day and placed in the hands of the sheriff for execution. The sheriff’s return…