Cocke v. Kuykendall
Mississippi Supreme Court
Error to the Circuit Court of Yallobusba county. Hon. Wm. Cothran, judge. The substance of the testimony adduced on the trial in the court below is as follows : John H. Cocke, plaintiff, testified that — He met defendant in Oakland, 11th of January, 1866, and asked him about paying his debt; defendant replied, “ it was no use to talk about it; he was broke and could not pay it.”
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Error to the Circuit Court of Yallobusba county. Hon. Wm. Cothran, judge. The substance of the testimony adduced on the trial in the court below is as follows : John H. Cocke, plaintiff, testified that — He met defendant in Oakland, 11th of January, 1866, and asked him about paying his debt; defendant replied, “ it was no use to talk about it; he was broke and could not pay it.” Witness asked, “what had he done with the land?” Defendant replied, “ he was owing his son George, and had made a deed of it to his son’s wife.” Witness asked, “ what had he done with his cotton?” Defendant replied,…
1Opinion of the CourtHarris, J.
The plaintiffs in error sued out an attachment before the clerk of the Circuit Court of Yallobusha county, against defendant, on the 12th January, 1866, which was duly levied by the sheriff on twenty-three bales of cotton and some land, as *68the property of the defendant, on the 18th January, 1866. On the same day of the levy the defendant replevied the cotton.
Plaintiffs filed their declaration on the 30th April, 1866; and the defendant filed his plea in abatement verified by his affidavit traversing the truth of the alleged causes for which the attachment was sued out under the statute. And at…
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