George County v. Bufkin
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the circuit court of George county. HoN. J. H. Neville, Judge. Suit by E. M. Bufkin against George County. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtEthridge, J.
E. M. Bufkin was the owner of a colt in George county, and carried the colt to a dipping vat in said county to be dipped, and in the process of dipping the colt slipped and fell, and injured itself in such manner that it- died during the day. Bufkin presented a claim for sixty dollars to the board of supervisors of George county in the spring of 1917. The board heard and allowed the claim to the amount of forty dollars. There was no appeal undertaken, and under the law as it then existed none would lie, because the amount of allowance under' the law in force at that time was entirely…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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