Parker v. Horne
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the Chancery Court of Clarke county. Hon. William M. Hancock, chancellor. This was a bill filed in the Chancery Court of Clarke county by the appellee, to procure a new trial at law.
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Appeal from the Chancery Court of Clarke county. Hon. William M. Hancock, chancellor. This was a bill filed in the Chancery Court of Clarke county by the appellee, to procure a new trial at law. The grounds upon which'the new trial is asked are, that the complainant was prevented from making his defence at law; by the erroneous rulings of the judge who presided at the trial, and that he was deprived of his remedy to correct, said errors by writ of error to this court, without fault on his part. The bill states the specific errors relied on, and they consist’of the exclusion by the court of…
1Opinion of the CourtHarris, J.
This cause was originally commenced in the Circuit Court of Clarke county, at the October term, 1855, to recover of the defendants damages for the trover and conversion of a large number of cattle and stock specified in the complaint. Judgment was rendered against the defendants at the April term, 1857. A writ of error was sued out to the High Court to the October term, 1857; and at that term it was dismissed for want of prosecution.
On the 15th day of May, 1858, a motion was made in the High Court to reinstate said cause, on the affidavits of defendant and his counsel, bearing date the 15th…
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