Newsom v. Thighen
Mississippi Supreme Court
In error from the Circuit Court of Jasper county. Hon. John Watts, judge. The proceedings are fully set out in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtEishek, J.
The plaintiff below, as treasurer of the county of Jasper, brought this action before a justice of the peace of said county, to recover the amount of a promissory note made by the defendants, payable to the plaintiff’s predecessor in office.
Judgment having been rendered by the justice for the plaintiff *415below, the defendant prayed an appeal to the Circuit Court of said county, where, the judgment being affirmed, this writ of error has been prosecuted.
The note purports to have been given for a loan of the common school fund, and stipulates for the payment of interest at the rate of ten per…
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