Hughes v. Lacock
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the Chancery Court of Grenada County. Hon. J. G. Hall, Chancellor. In 1882 J. E. Hughes, as the guardian of several minor children, obtained judgment in the Circuit Court of Grenada County against the mercantile firm of Jones & Winter. Early in 1883 it was entered by the clerk on the judgment roll of this county under the letter “ J and he there also set out the individual names of the firm, but no other entry of it was ever made on the roll.
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Appeal from the Chancery Court of Grenada County. Hon. J. G. Hall, Chancellor. In 1882 J. E. Hughes, as the guardian of several minor children, obtained judgment in the Circuit Court of Grenada County against the mercantile firm of Jones & Winter. Early in 1883 it was entered by the clerk on the judgment roll of this county under the letter “ J and he there also set out the individual names of the firm, but no other entry of it was ever made on the roll. In 1884 R. H. Winter commenced to do a mercantile business on his individual account. In 1885 he made an assignment, and afterward S. P.…
1Opinion of the CourtArnold, J.
The statute provides that the judgment roll shall be appropriately divided under the several letters of the alphabet, and that all final judgments shall be enrolled by entering on such judgment roll, under the appropriate letter of the alphabet, the names of each and every defendant, etc. The object of the statute in requiring judgments to be enrolled is to create liens on the property of defendants and to give notice thereof to subsequent creditors .and purchasers.
The enrollment of the judgment against the firm of Jones & Winter under the letter J on the judgment roll did not have this…
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