Beeson-Moore Motor Co. v. Catlett
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from circuit court of Lauderdale county. Hon. J. D. Fatheree, Judge. Action by James Catlett against Mrs. A. L. Harris. Judgment was rendered for plaintiff, who caused execution to issue thereon. An automobile levied on under the execution was claimed by the Beeson-Moore Motor Company and another. Judgment for plaintiff on the claimant’s issue by the justice of the peace was affirmed by the circuit court, and named claimant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, C. J.
This cause originated in a court of a justice of the peace. The record certified by him to the circuit court to which the cause was appealed contains: First, an affidavit alleging that an automobile seized by the plaintiff in the case of Jim Catlett v. Mrs. A. L. Harris to satisfy a mechanic’s Hen thereon in favor of Catlett is the property of Beeson-Moore Motor- Company and the Commercial Credit Company, and not the property of the defendant, Harris, and that the plaintiff, Catlett, had no mechanic’s lien thereon; second, an affidavit by Catlett traversing the allegations of the claimant’s…
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