Woods v. Speer
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from circuit court of Panola county. Hon Jno. W. Kyle, Judge. Suit by W. W. Woods against Richard Speer and others before a justice of the peace. Judgment against defendants was dismissed for Avant of jurisdiction, and from the judgment of dismissal plaintiff appeals. The justice of the peace, before whom this suit was tried, had jurisdiction of the parties and of the subject-matter.
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Appeal from circuit court of Panola county. Hon Jno. W. Kyle, Judge. Suit by W. W. Woods against Richard Speer and others before a justice of the peace. Judgment against defendants was dismissed for Avant of jurisdiction, and from the judgment of dismissal plaintiff appeals. The justice of the peace, before whom this suit was tried, had jurisdiction of the parties and of the subject-matter. Under the Constitution of Mississippi each county is divided into five districts, and provisions, is made for the election of justices of the peace for each district. The jurisdiction of a justice of the…
1Opinion of the Court
Sykes, P. J.,
delivered tbe opinion of the court.
The appellant, Woods, brought suit against the appellees in the justice of the peace court of Patton in district No. 5, Panola county, Miss. This county was divided into two circuit and chancery court districts by an act of the legislature. Laws of 1880, p. 145. Supervisor’s district No. 5 lies partly within each of the circuit court districts. In fact the two county sites' of these two circuit court districts are also within supervisor’s district No. 5; Sardis being the county site for circuit court district No. 1 and Batesville for circuit…
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