Houston v. Keith
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the circuit court of Newton county. Hon. C. L. Dobbs, Judge. Suit by Otbo Houston against Thomas Keith et al. From a judgment for defendant, plaintiff appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. Over the objection of the plaintiff an offer to compromise, namely, to accept less than the face of the note, made to'the defendants by one F. M. West, before litigation began, was admitted in evidence.
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Appeal from the circuit court of Newton county. Hon. C. L. Dobbs, Judge. Suit by Otbo Houston against Thomas Keith et al. From a judgment for defendant, plaintiff appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. Over the objection of the plaintiff an offer to compromise, namely, to accept less than the face of the note, made to'the defendants by one F. M. West, before litigation began, was admitted in evidence. This was error. 2 Phillips on Evidence, p. 218 et seq., note 196; 75 Miss. 659. Over the objection of the plaintiff, statement alleged to have been made by Mr. West…
1Opinion of the CourtMcLean, J.
This is a suit brought by appellant against the appellees-on a promissory note, dated Decatur, Mississippi, September 7, 1907, for twelve hundred and fifty -dollars, payable on or before November 1,1907, to the Farmers’ & Bankers’ Warehouse Building Association, of Houston, Texas, or order, payable at Houston, Texas. The note recites that it “is given in payment for the construction of certain improvements upon that certain lot or parcel of land situated in Decatur, Newton county, Mississippi, this day contracted to be erected by the Farmers’ & Bankers’ Warehouse Building Association, for *87Farm…
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