Greene v. Merchants' & Planters' Bank
Mississippi Supreme Court
From the chancery court of Adams county. Hon. Claude Pintard, Chancellor. The opinion states the case. 1. The verdict in the first suit was a general one, and decided all the issues involved, including that of payment, in favor of the defendant. Band v. Keirn, 52 Miss., 347; Perry v. Bewis, 49 lb., 447; Agnew v. McEb-oy, 10 Smed. & M., 554; Scharff v. Fonda, 71 Bb., 627. McMahon v. Webb, 52 Miss., 424, has no application.
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From the chancery court of Adams county. Hon. Claude Pintard, Chancellor. The opinion states the case. 1. The verdict in the first suit was a general one, and decided all the issues involved, including that of payment, in favor of the defendant. Band v. Keirn, 52 Miss., 347; Perry v. Bewis, 49 lb., 447; Agnew v. McEb-oy, 10 Smed. & M., 554; Scharff v. Fonda, 71 Bb., 627. McMahon v. Webb, 52 Miss., 424, has no application. That was a suit by McMahon and wife, on a bond, without joining their co-obligee as party plaintiff, and the court simply held that the bond could not be introduced, because…
1Opinion of the CourtCooper, C. J.
The appellant exhibited his bill in the chancery court of Adams county, by which he seeks to vacate a certain judgment at law recovered against him in the circuit court of Adams county by the appellee, and for a new trial of the matters involved in that suit. From a final decree denying relief and dismissing his bill the complainant appeals. The bill alleges that the judgment at law was secured in the absence of counsel complainant had employed to represent him; that his counsel had removed from the state, leaving his unfinished business in the care of an attorney, Mr. Winchester, who went to…
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