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54 Miss. 642

Moore v. Ernst

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided October 15, 1877

Mississippi Supreme Court · decided 1877-10-15

Hon. J. A. Green, Judge. Malinda Ernst brought this suit before a justice of the peace, to recover the proceeds of two bales of cotton, against one Buchanan, who, on the return day of the writ, filed affidavit, under Code 1871, § 656, disclaiming any interest in the money, and suggesting that Alex. Moore claimed it. On Buchanan depositing the money in bank, subject to the order of court, the suit was dismissed as to him ; and Alex.

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Campbell, J.,

¶1delivered the opinion of the court.

¶2The defendant in error was not entitled to the certiorari without “good cause shown by petition, supported by affidavit,” Code 1871, § 1336; but no objection was made to it, and no motion to dismiss it, and “ the parties (in the Circuit Court) announced themselves ready, and proceeded to try said cause,” which was a waiver of all objections to the granting of the writ. Fitzpatrick v. Ray, 4 S. & M. 645.

¶3It was erroneous to exclude the plaintiff in error from the suit. He had been admitted as a defendant in place of the original defendant, who had complied with § 656 of the Code of 1871, which applies as well to suits before justices of the peace as to those in Circuit Courts, Code 1871, § 630 ; and to actions for money claimed under contract, express or implied, as to those for the recovery of personal property.

¶4Judgment reversed and came remanded.

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