Leake County v. Carr

Decided October 15, 1911

Mississippi Supreme Court · decided 1911-10-15

Hon. J. R. Byrd, Judge. Suit by E. Carr, sheriff, against Leake county. From a judgment against the county for twenty-five dollars it appeals. E. Carr, sheriff, sued the county of Leake for ninety-nine dollars in the justice of the peace court on appeal to the circuit court. Judgment for twenty-five dollars-was rendered against the defendant county and it appeals.

Cited by 3 later decisions — most recently March 1926

3 state decisions

Relies on Ward v. Scott · Wimbush v. Chinault

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Decided 1911-10-15

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Smith, J.,

¶1delivered the opinion of the court.

¶2This cause having reached the court below by an appeal from the judgment rendered in the court of a justice of the peace, appellant’s right to an appeal to the supreme court is governed by section 86 of the Code of 1906; and since the judgment-rendered against appellant, and from which the appeal to this court is taken, is less than fifty dollars, the motion to dismiss must be, and is, sustained. Ward v. Scott, 57 Miss. 826; Wimbush v. Chinault, 58 Miss. 234. Dismissed.