Board of Sup'rs v. Steele
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from circuit court of Forrest county. I Ion. E. S. Hall, Judge. Petition for mandamus by J. J. Steele against the board of supervisors of Forrest county. Judgment for petitioner, and defendant appeals. Oral proof is not admissible to prove- a judgment alleged to have been rendered by a certain court.
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Appeal from circuit court of Forrest county. I Ion. E. S. Hall, Judge. Petition for mandamus by J. J. Steele against the board of supervisors of Forrest county. Judgment for petitioner, and defendant appeals. Oral proof is not admissible to prove- a judgment alleged to have been rendered by a certain court. Ma/ndeville v. Stochett, 28 Miss. 398; Root v. MoFerrin, 37 Miss. 17; Moody v. Harper, 38 Miss. 599; Shirley v. Fearne, 33 Miss. 653; Phillips v. Cooper, 50 Miss. 722; Cason v, Cason, 31 Miss. 578; Aron v. Chafe, 72 Miss. 159, 17 So. 11. A judgment must be proved by the record itself or by…
1Opinion of the CourtSam Cook, P. J.
The appellee began this suit by a petition for a mandamus commanding the board of supervisors to issue a warrant for the payment of an alleged judgment against the appellant rendered by a justice of the peace. The board pleaded the general issue.
In his petition Steele averred that he had presented to the board of supervisors of Forrest county his claim for damages by reason of the loss of two cows Avhich died as a *344result of being dipped; that the said claim was not alloAved, and payment thereof AAras denied. Further, the petitioner averred that after the refusal of the board to pay the' said…
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