Sorenson v. Webb
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the circuit court of Rankin county. Hon. C. L. Dobbs, Judge. Suit hy B. W. Webb against C. Sorenson. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. Chapter 141 of the Acts of 1912, is clearly unconstitutional, and is within the inhibitions of the fourteenth amendment; and also section 14, article 3, of the constitution of the state of Mississippi. Mo. K. T. RR. Co. v. Cade, 38 Sup.
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Appeal from the circuit court of Rankin county. Hon. C. L. Dobbs, Judge. Suit hy B. W. Webb against C. Sorenson. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. Chapter 141 of the Acts of 1912, is clearly unconstitutional, and is within the inhibitions of the fourteenth amendment; and also section 14, article 3, of the constitution of the state of Mississippi. Mo. K. T. RR. Co. v. Cade, 38 Sup. Ct. 639 and'the cases cited therein. This statute gives to individuals certain rights as against parties engaged in manufacturing, and does not…
1Opinion of the CourtHolden, J.
The appellee, B. W. Webb, filed suit against the appellant, C. Sorenson, in the circuit court of itankin county, claiming that the said Sorenson, who was engaged in the sawmill business, was indebted to appellee, W,ebb, in the *89sum of three hundred and thirteen dollars and fifty-two' cents for hauling logs to Sorenson’s sawmill. Sorenson denied the indebtedness, and the case went to trial, and there was a verdict for plaintiff for three hundred and sixty three dollars and fifty-two cents, fifty dollars of which was allowed as a reasonable attorney’s fee in the case, and from this verdict…
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