Legal Opinion

Peyton v. Planters' Compress Co.

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided April 15, 1886PublishedCited by 2 opinions

Appeal from the Circuit Court of Warren County. Hon. Ralph North, Judge. This is an action by J. W. Peyton against the “ Planters’ Compress Storage and Transfer Company ” on a certain promissory note. The note was for one thousand and eighty-three dollars and thirty-three cents, and was executed by the defendant company in favor of John A. Klein, who assigned it to the plaintiff.

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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Warren County. Hon. Ralph North, Judge. This is an action by J. W. Peyton against the “ Planters’ Compress Storage and Transfer Company ” on a certain promissory note. The note was for one thousand and eighty-three dollars and thirty-three cents, and was executed by the defendant company in favor of John A. Klein, who assigned it to the plaintiff. The defendant in its plea set out a judgment for thirteen thousand and ninety-seven dollars and seventy-six cents rendered in its favor against George M. Klein and E. B. Klein, as executrix of John A. Klein,…

1Opinion of the CourtCampbell, J.

The cases of Bullard v. Dorsey, 7 S. & M. 9; Moody v. Willis, 41 Miss. 347, and Chambliss v. Matthews, 57 Miss. 306, are entirely harmonious, and are all approved, but-each presents a different case from the other. The case now before us falls precisely within the rule announced in Moody v. Willis, wherefore the judgment is

Affirmed.

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Moody v. WillisMississippi Supreme Court · 1867
  2. Chambliss v. MatthewsMississippi Supreme Court · 1879

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Gohld v. SvendsgaardSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1919
  2. Brashears v. JohnsonMississippi Supreme Court · 1914

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