Heirn v. M'Caughan
Mississippi Supreme Court
IN error from the Circuit Court of Harrison county. Hon.. John E. M‘Nair, judge. The defendants in error instituted their actions in the court below against the plaintiff in error, as stated in the opinion of the court. The two causes, by consent of parties, were consolidated.: and tried together, and a verdict rendered in both cases in favor of plaintiffs for $2050; upon which judgment was entered in their favor against the plaintiff in error.
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IN error from the Circuit Court of Harrison county. Hon.. John E. M‘Nair, judge. The defendants in error instituted their actions in the court below against the plaintiff in error, as stated in the opinion of the court. The two causes, by consent of parties, were consolidated.: and tried together, and a verdict rendered in both cases in favor of plaintiffs for $2050; upon which judgment was entered in their favor against the plaintiff in error. On the trial of the cause, M‘Caughan and wife proved that the defendant Heirn, together with Grant, Geddes and Day, were the proprietors of several…
1Opinion of the CourtHaNDY, J.
This case is composed of two suits, one brought by John J. M‘Caughan in his own right, and the other by John J. M‘Caughan and Maria his wife, for grievances done to the wife; and being founded on injuries done to the. parties at the same time, they were consolidated and tried together. The material facts alleged in both complaints are the same, and in order to understand the nature of the case it will be sufficient to state the allegations of the complaint in the suit of M‘Caughan and wife; which are as follows:—
That the defendant below was a co-partner with one Greddes and others in a…
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