Johnson v. Walker
Mississippi Supreme Court
From the circuit court of Tate county. IíoN. James B. Boothe, Judge. Miss Walker, tbe appellee, was plaintiff in the court below; Johnson, the appellant, was defendant there. From a judgment in plaintiff’s favor the defendant appealed to the supreme court. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. Counsel cited the following authorities: Code 1892, § 2395; 31 Wis., 600; 3 Ency.
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From the circuit court of Tate county. IíoN. James B. Boothe, Judge. Miss Walker, tbe appellee, was plaintiff in the court below; Johnson, the appellant, was defendant there. From a judgment in plaintiff’s favor the defendant appealed to the supreme court. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. Counsel cited the following authorities: Code 1892, § 2395; 31 Wis., 600; 3 Ency. PL & Pr., 292, 300; 39 Ind., 352; Code 1892, § 249; 17 L. R A., 715, 720; 32 Kan., 296; 17 Pick. (Mass.), 252; 3 Wis., 605; 67 Vermont, 339; 7 Cush. (Mass.), 512; 50 Am. St. Kep., 251; 83 Miss., 290; 54 Am. St.…
1Opinion of the Court
HoustoN, J.;
delivered the opinion of the court.
This is a proceeding under chapter 15, Code 1892, hy appel-lee against appellant. On August 16, 1904, appellee, a single *760woman, resident in Tate county; was delivered of a child therein. The nest day she made affidavit before J. TI. Wallace, a justice of the peace of district No. 5 of said county, under Code 1892, § 249, alleging that appellant was its father. On the return-day she appeared before AVallace, withdrew the affidavit, and dismissed her suit, the judgment reciting that the dismissal was “without prejudice.” On the same day she made…
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