Wilson v. Pugh
Mississippi Supreme Court
IN error from tbe Circuit Court of Yazoo county. Hon. E. G. Henry, judge. This action was first commenced before three justices of the peace,, and the jury having found a verdict for Wilson, the defendant, Pugh, appealed to the Circuit Court of Yazoo county. Upon the trial in that court the plaintiff had verdict and judgment, and the defendant prosecuted this writ of error. The other facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtEisher, J.
This was a'proceeding commenced before justices of the peace of Yazoo county, under the statute concerning forcible entries and detainers. Hutch. Code, 813. The complaint, which follows the form prescribed by the statute, states, that Wilson had unlawfully turned the plaintiff out of possession of the lot in question. The first section of the Act provides, that none shall enter into any lands or tenements but in case where entry is given by law; and in such case, not with strong hand, nor with multitude of people, but only in a peaceable manner; and none who shall have entered in a peaceable…
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