Public-domain · open source
OpenJurist

20 Miss. 316

Barnes v. McLemore

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided January 15, 1849

Mississippi Supreme Court · decided 1849-01-15

In error from the circuit court of Copiah county; Hon. Thomas A. Willis, judge. John McLemore, on the first day of May, 1838, recovered a judgment against John W. Arnis in the Copiah circuit court, for $>212-53; upon which execution issued, and was levied by the sheriff. A forthcoming bond was given by Arnis with John Coor as'security, which was forfeited on the third Wednesday of October, 1838. On the 11th of September, 1844, in vacation, a scire facias issued against Geo.

Decided 1849-01-15

Mr. Justice Thachee

¶1delivered the opinion of the court.

¶2John McLemore recovered a judgment in the Copiah county circuit court in May, 1838, against John W. Arnis. Upon the execution issued on this judgment, a forthcoming bond was executed by the defendant in the execution with John Coor his surety, and returned into court forfeited. As late as September, 1844, a scire facias was taken out against the administrator and administratrix, and also the heirs of John Coor, deceased. Upon this scire facias, a judgment was ultimately rendered against the surviving defendant in the judgment upon the for*318feited forthcoming bond, against the administrator and adminis-tratrix, and likewise against the heirs of John Coor, to be levied upon the goods and chattels, and lands and tenements, See.

¶3Numerous errors are claimed to exist in the whole proceeding, from the issuance to the final judgment upon the scire facias. It is sufficient, however, to say, that it was erroneous to have issued the scire facias against the administrator and administra-trix jointly with the heirs of John Coor. They could not legally be thus joined. The judgment also was equally erroneous. The same conclusion could also be arrived at upon various other grounds.

¶4The judgment must be reversed, and the scire facias directed in this court to be quashed.

/20/miss/316 · .json · Public domain