Nutt v. Knut
Mississippi Supreme Court
Prom the chancery court of Adams county. Hon. William P. S. Ventress, Chancellor. Knut, appellee, was complainant, and Nutt and others, appellants, were defendants in the court below. Prom a decree in complainant’s favor, the defendants appealed to the supreme court. The case was heretofore in the supreme court, and the former decision is reported.
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Prom the chancery court of Adams county. Hon. William P. S. Ventress, Chancellor. Knut, appellee, was complainant, and Nutt and others, appellants, were defendants in the court below. Prom a decree in complainant’s favor, the defendants appealed to the supreme court. The case was heretofore in the supreme court, and the former decision is reported. Knut v. Nutt, 83 Miss., 365. It was decided on the first appeal that Knut, the present appellee, was entitled to one-third of the sum recovered for the estate of Haller Nutt, deceased, from the Hnited States of America, through his services. After…
1Opinion of the CourtCali-ioon, J.
The first assignment of error is in these words: “First— The court erred in refusing to dismiss the petition of appellee, and in rendering any decree whatever in favor of appellee against John K. Nutt, administrator d. b. n. c. t. a. of estate of Haller Nutt, deceased.” We cannot consider this, nor entertain the attempted appeal as to it, as we are without jurisdiction. It is an effort to relitigate an adjudicated controversy.
Heretofore, in this same case, with the same parties, in the same court from which comes the present attempted appeal, the petition referred to in the foregoing…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Cotten v. McGeheeMississippi Supreme Court · 1877
- LeBlanc v. Illinois Central RailroadMississippi Supreme Court · 1895
- Knut v. NuttMississippi Supreme Court · 1903
- Lane v. W. J. Wheless & Co.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1872
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- Brewer v. BrowningMississippi Supreme Court · 1917