Grayson v. Harris
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appear from the chancery court of Jones county. Hon. Sam; Whitman, Jr., Chancellor. Suit by T. J. Harris and others against A. E. Grayson. Prom a decree overruling a demurrer to the bill, defendant appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. All we see in this case is one question the answer to which in the affirmative will result in the affirmance of the action of the court below; in the negative, a reversal of the decree below.
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Appear from the chancery court of Jones county. Hon. Sam; Whitman, Jr., Chancellor. Suit by T. J. Harris and others against A. E. Grayson. Prom a decree overruling a demurrer to the bill, defendant appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. All we see in this case is one question the answer to which in the affirmative will result in the affirmance of the action of the court below; in the negative, a reversal of the decree below. This question is simply this: “When a levy of an execution is made on lands, does the granting of a writ of certiorari act as a release of the…
1Opinion of the CourtMayes, C. J.
On the 21st day of October, 1907, a justice of the peace judgment was recovered by E. ,G. and Charles O’Ferrell composing the partnership firm of O’Ferrell Bros., against W. F. Shows, A. E. Grayson, and Thomas Sims, for- the sum of one hundred forty-one dollars, and seventy-six cents. No appeal was prosecuted from this judgment to the circuit court, and the validity of the *65judgment is not questioned in this proceeding. On the 16th day of January, 1908, an execution was issued under the above judgment, directed to the sheriff of the county, and the sheriff levied the execution on certain real…
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