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95 Miss. 53

McPhail v. Blaun

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided March 15, 1909

Mississippi Supreme Court · decided 1909-03-15

Prom the circuit court of Leake County. Hon. Jambs R. Byrd, Judge McPhail, appellant, was plaintiff in the court below; Blaun, appellee, was defendant there. The suit was begun before a justice of the peace, one Moreland, but, it appearing that More-land was akin to one of the parties, the cause was transferred, under Code 1906, § 2724, providing for such case, to the justice court of one Gilberton, another justice of the peace of the County.

Cited by 3 later decisions — most recently January 1939

3 state decisions

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Decided 1909-03-15

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Fletcher, J.,

¶1delivered the opinion of the court.

¶2The sole question here for decision is as to the power of Justice Moreland to approve an appeal bond in a ease tried by another justice. Section 83 of the Cbde of 1906, as construed many times by this court, makes it necessary to the validity of an appeal from a justice’s court that the appeal bond shall be presented to and approved by the justice who tried the case within five days after the rendition of the adjudgment. This rule is recognized by the appellant, who insists that he is absolved from its operation by reason of the fact that the case was begun before Moreland, and that Moreland in fact sat as part of the court on the trial. But Moreland, upon suggestion of his disqualification by reason of kinship, had, as provided by law in such cases, transferred the cause, and the circuit judge found as a fact that he did not further participate as a justice in the trial. We cannot. overthrow this finding on the showing made by this record.

¶3The appeal was properly dismissed, and the judgment is affirmed.

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