Ellis v. Knight

Appellee filed an unlawful entry and detainer complaint in county court under Section 1049, Mississippi Code of 1942. Upon trial of the issue judgment was entered for plaintiff for possession of the lands. Defendants appealed to circuit court with supersedeas where the judgment of the county court was affirmed and a judgment entered against defendant and the sureties on their supersedeas bond for $150.00 “rent on said land” at the rate of $40.00 per month, and $180.00 damages “not embraced in the use and occupation of the said land” pending appeal from county court. The defendant appeals to…