Sullivan v. Ammons
Mississippi Supreme Court
From tbe circuit court of, second district, Tallabatcbie county. Hon. Samuel O. Cook, Judge. Ammons, appellee, was plaintiff in tbe court below; Sullivan, appellant, was defendant there. From a judgment in plaintiff’s favor the defendant appealed to the supreme court. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
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From tbe circuit court of, second district, Tallabatcbie county. Hon. Samuel O. Cook, Judge. Ammons, appellee, was plaintiff in tbe court below; Sullivan, appellant, was defendant there. From a judgment in plaintiff’s favor the defendant appealed to the supreme court. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. While it is true that the statute precluding recovery for failure to procure a privilege tax license was repealed by the Code of 1906, appellant relies on see. 1 of said Oode saving to him the benefit of existing rights and defenses, and on former decisions of this court, cited…
1Opinion of the Court
Whitfield, O. J.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
On December 29, 1906, Ammons, the appellee, filed two suits in the circuit court of Tallahatchie county against Sullivan, the appellant, upon two certain promissory notes executed by Sullivan in favor of Ammons, one dated November 24, 1905, for $493.44, and one for $500, dated January 1, 1905, each bearing *201interest at 8 per cent, per annum until paid; the two suits having been afterwards consolidated. During the year 1904-, and prior to and subsequent to that year, Ammons, the appellee, was engaged in the mercantile business at Sumner,…
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