Barrett v. Pickett
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from tile circuit court of Yazoo county. HoN. "W. H. PotteR, Judge. Suit by W. A. Pickett against Jesse Barrett. Prom a judgment of the circuit court dismissing the appeal from a judgment of a justice of the peace for plaintiff, defendant appeals. The facts are fully staged in the opinion of the court.
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Appeal from tile circuit court of Yazoo county. HoN. "W. H. PotteR, Judge. Suit by W. A. Pickett against Jesse Barrett. Prom a judgment of the circuit court dismissing the appeal from a judgment of a justice of the peace for plaintiff, defendant appeals. The facts are fully staged in the opinion of the court. The ,one main point to be settled in this case is -whether or not the learned justice of the peace should .have sent the papers to the circuit court as ah appeal, •on the papers and bond filed with him by Barrett. It is well understood what is necessary to take an appeal from the justice…
1Opinion of the CourtEtheridge, J.
W. A. Pickett sued Jesse Barrett before a justice of the peace for two hundred dollars for rent on land. Judgment was rendered in the justice court- for the plaintiff in the sum of two hundred dollars and costs. The defendant there desired an appeal to the circuit ■court, and the justice of the peace gave the attorney for the defendant a blank appeal bond. The. attorney returned to his home, and, recollecting the amount of the judgment as being two hundred dollars wrote' up the bond describing the judgment as° being a judgment for two hundred dollars but left the penalty of- the bond blank,…
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