Legal Opinion

Yarbro v. Purser

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided March 15, 1917PublishedCited by 7 opinions

Appeal from the circuit court of Hinds county. Hon. W. H. Potter, Judge. Suit by Gr. D. Purser against E. B. Yarbro. Prom judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court.

1Opinion of the CourtEthridge, J.

Gr. D. Purser, the appellee, sued the appellant in the circuit court of Hinds county first district, for the sum of four hundred sixteen dollars and forty cents alleged to be due on a contract between Yarbro and: Purser by which Yarbro undertook to pay Purser one dollar per thousand for timber averaging twenty inches in diameter, and for which Purser was to procure some person to purchase from Yarbro. This agreement is evidenced by the following instrument:

“Know all men by these presents that É. B. Yarbro is due Gr. D. Purser one dollar per M. on all pine twenty inches in diameter and up,…

2Cited by7 opinions

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  3. Stout v. W. M. Garrard & Co.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1922
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  5. Fidelity & Casualty Co. v. State Building CommissionMississippi Supreme Court · 1956

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