Planters' Mercantile Co. v. Armour Packing Co. of Louisiana, Ltd.
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the circuit court of Wilkinson county. Hon. E. E. Brown, Judge. Suit by Armour Packing Company of Louisiana Limited, against the Planters’ Mercantile Company, begun in a justice of the peace court and appealed to the circuit court. From a judgment there for defendant, plaintiff appeals.
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Appeal from the circuit court of Wilkinson county. Hon. E. E. Brown, Judge. Suit by Armour Packing Company of Louisiana Limited, against the Planters’ Mercantile Company, begun in a justice of the peace court and appealed to the circuit court. From a judgment there for defendant, plaintiff appeals. The agreed statement of facts', referred to in the opinion of the court, is as follows: “That the account sued upon is correct, the defendant claiming to have paid the. same as follows: That on the 11th day of January, 1913, defendant sent plaintiff a check for the account one hundred and five…
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, C. J.
This is a suit by appellee upon an open account commenced before a justice of the peace, appellant’s defense being payment. On appeal to the court below a jury was waived, and the cause submitted to the judge alone, and from a judgment rendered by him in favor of appellee this appeal is taken.
In addition to the facts disclosed in the agreement of counsel, which the reporter will set out in full, it appears from the evidence that the Citizens’ Bank of Wilkinson county was open for business on the 17th and 18th days of January; that after the 18th, which was Saturday, it did not again open its…
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