Ash & Frank v. Lee & Co.
Mississippi Supreme Court
Error to the Circuit Court of Lowndes County. Hon. J. A. Orr, Judge. The facts in this case are very brief and fully stated in the opinion of the court.
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Error to the Circuit Court of Lowndes County. Hon. J. A. Orr, Judge. The facts in this case are very brief and fully stated in the opinion of the court. It is assigned for error: 1. The court erred in not sustaining the motion made by defendant in the court below to dismiss this case for want of jurisdiction in the justice of the peace. 2. The court erred in rendering judgment for plaintiff in the court below. 8. And for divers reasons apparent on the face of the record. cited Grayson v. "Williams, Walk., 298 ; Scofield v. Pensons, 26 Miss., 402 ; Morris v. Shryock, 50 id., 595 ; Green v.…
1Opinion of the CourtPeyton, C. J.
The defendants in error on the first day of February, 1875, brought suit against plaintiff in error, J. Ash, on his acceptance of a bill of exchange for $85.45, and obtained a judgment for that sum on the 8th day of February, 1875,,in a court of justice of the peace.
On the 16th day of February, 1875, the defendants in error sued the said plaintiff before a justice of the peace on an open account for $125.92, and on the 22d day of February, 1875, obtained judgment thereon for that sum. And from this judgment of the justice of the peace an appeal was taken to the circuit court, which was moved…
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