Williams v. Childress
Mississippi Supreme Court
In error from the circuit court of Tippah county; Hon. Hugh R. Miller, judge. James Childress, as administrator of Thomas Meeks, deceased, brought suit against R. P. Williams and A. C. Blair, on a note given by them for the sum of one hundred and fifty ■dollars.
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In error from the circuit court of Tippah county; Hon. Hugh R. Miller, judge. James Childress, as administrator of Thomas Meeks, deceased, brought suit against R. P. Williams and A. C. Blair, on a note given by them for the sum of one hundred and fifty ■dollars. The defendants filed three pleas, the substance of which is, that the note sued upon, with one other, was given for a quarter section of land, lying in Tippah county, which land was sold by the said Childress, as administrator of said Thomas Meeks, deceased, by virtue of an order of the probate court of Tippah county; which order the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice FisheR
The defendant in error recovered a judgment in the circuit court of Tippah county, upon a writing obligatory, executed by the plaintiffs in error, to secure part of the purchase-money for a tract of land sold by the defendant in error, as administrator of Thomas Meeks, at public sale, under an order of the probate court of said county.
A motion was made for a new trial, which was overruled by the court, when a bill of exceptions was taken, embodying the evidence, which, on the part of the defence, consists mainly of the records of said probate court. From which it appears, that the…
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