Hamilton v. Moore
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the Chancery Court of Carroll county. Richard Nelson, Esq., presiding as special judge. On the 3d day of June, 1856, Samuel Moore and seven others, who were the sureties of one William P. Bole on his official bond, as sheriff and tax-collector of Carroll county, filed their bill in the court below against John J. M‘Rae, Governor of this- State* and successor in office to H. S. Eoote, and also against John M. Hamilton and others, members of the Board of Police of…
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Appeal from the Chancery Court of Carroll county. Richard Nelson, Esq., presiding as special judge. On the 3d day of June, 1856, Samuel Moore and seven others, who were the sureties of one William P. Bole on his official bond, as sheriff and tax-collector of Carroll county, filed their bill in the court below against John J. M‘Rae, Governor of this- State* and successor in office to H. S. Eoote, and also against John M. Hamilton and others, members of the Board of Police of said county. The object of the bill was to procure a new trial at law, in a cause wherein H. S. Eoote, Governor, &c.,…
1Opinion of the Court
Fishes,, J.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
This is an appeal from a decree of the Chancery Court of Carroll county, overruling a demurrer to the complainant’s bill.
The object of the bill was to obtain a new trial at law, on the ground that the judgment was either obtained by mistake, or affirmed in this court in consequence of a mistake in making up the record of the proceedings in the Circuit Court. The facts are briefly as follows: The complainants were sued in the Circuit Court of Carroll county, as the securities of William P. Bole, as sheriff of said county, on account of the taxes…
2Cited by1 opinion
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