Legal Opinion
Hardin v. Pelan
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided October 15, 1866PublishedCited by 5 opinions
Error to the Circuit Court of Chickasaw county. lion. ~W. H. Kilpatrick, judge. cited Robertson v. Ward, 12 S. & M. 490 ; Swett y. Perniee, 24 Miss. R. 416. cited Robertson v. Ward, 12 S. & M. 490-; Robertson y. Bruner, 24 Miss. R. 242; Berry v. Bland, Y S. & M. YY; Davis y. Foy, Y S. & M. 64; Frost y. Doyle, Y ib. 68.
1Opinion of the CourtEllett, J.
The declaration in this case contained three counts. The two first are upon promissory notes which are copied into the counts, instead of being set forth by proper averment. The note contained in the first count is as follows:
“ Eor value received, we promise to pay Thomas L. Irby the sum of three hundred and eighty-six dollars, it being the balance due him on final division of the negro property after the death of Elizabeth Irby, of which this is a final settlement. Interest, eight per cent.
“January 20, 1863.
J. Pelan,
S. A. Pelan.”
The count contains no averment except that the defendant, with…
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