Reports of Cases in the Supreme Court
for the State of Mississippi
by Harris & Simrall, Reporters to the Supreme Court
Vol. LII
Containing Cases Decided at the April and October Terms, 1876
Table of Cases
| Court Case | County |
| Front Matter | . |
| J. R. Cotton vs. M. Hiller, et al. 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 |
Amite |
| W. L. Hemmingway, State Treasurer, vs. Vicksburg & Nashville Railroad Company 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23 |
Hinds |
| Francis Long vs. The State 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41 |
Jefferson |
| David C. Hardee vs. William P. Cheatham et al. 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49 |
Amite |
| S. F. White vs. G. W. Thomas et al. 49, 50, 51, 52 |
Washington |
| William T. Martin vs. William Dix, Tax Assessor, etc. 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65 |
Adams |
| Sallie Hamilton vs. Mississippi College 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70 |
Hinds |
| J. P. McKinney et al. vs. A. J. Green 70, 71, 72, 73, 74 |
Issaquena |
| T. B. Weir vs. L. D. Kitchens 74, 75, 76, 77, 78 |
Tippah |
| Belle Griffin et al. vs. Ragan & Dickey 78, 79, 80, 81, 82 |
Chickasaw |
| C. F. & J. L. Buchanan vs. R. F. Grimes 82, 83, 84 |
Rankin |
| Dennis Taylor vs. The State 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89 |
Colfax (now Clay) |
| Emanuel Pfeifer vs. W. C. Chamberlain 89, 90, 91 |
Lincoln |
| B. G. Humphreys vs. C. E. Merrill et al. 92, 93, 94, 95 |
Carroll |
| E. T. Bainbridge et al. vs. John R. Woodburn et al. 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101 |
Washington |
| Henrietta C. Kerr vs. Edward Farish et ux. 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107 |
Rankin |
| J. W. Crump vs. Board of Supervisors of Colfax County 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112 |
Colfax (now Clay) |
| Ellen Valentine et al. vs. McGrath, Tweed & Co. 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118 |
Jefferson |
| E. Richardson et al. vs. Bettie B. Brooks et al. 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125 |
Washington |
| Eliza Henry vs. F. M. Shepherd et al. 125, 126, 127 |
Colfax (Clay) |
| Mobile & Ohio Railroad Company vs. R. J. Moseley, Sheriff, etc. 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137 |
Lauderdale |
| S. J. Trice vs. J. M. C. Jones 138, 139 |
Wayne |
| T. E. Williams et al. vs. S. E. Devine 139, 140, 141, 142 |
Leake |
| Julia A. Weeks et al. vs. Stephen Thrasher et al. 142, 143, 144, 145 |
Claiborne |
| H. C. White, Adm'r, et al. vs. Thomas Tucker 145, 146, 147, 148, 149 |
Leake |
| R. A. Myrick vs. E. M. & D. S. Wells 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155 |
Hinds |
| J. V. Harris v. Frank & Reinach 155, 156, 157, 158 |
Bolivar |
| C. C. Shackelford vs. Mississippi Central Railroad Company 159, 160 |
Madison |
| F. C. Morehead vs. John Chaffe, Bro's & Son 161, 162 |
Washington |
| William Hester vs. J. L. Allen 162, 163, 164 |
Madison |
| D. A. Windsor et al. vs. S. H. Kennedy & Co. 164, 165, 166, 167, 168 |
Washington |
| Jesse Netterville, Adm'r, etc., vs. L. K. Barber, Trustee, etc. 168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174 |
Wilkinson |
| Thomas Minter vs. John F. Swain 174, 175, 176 |
Tallahatchie |
| Joseph Speed vs. The State 176, 177, 178 |
Covington |
| Mayor and Alderman of the City of Vicksburg vs. Patrick Hennessey 178, 179, 180 |
Warren |
| The State National Bank of Louisiana vs. Willie Lyons et al. 181, 182, 183, 184, 185 |
Madison |
| Jacobson, Wolffe & Co. vs. T. M. Horne 185, 186, 187, 188 |
Lauderdale |
| W. W. Dent vs. Zion Ross 188, 189, 190, 191, 192 |
Jefferson |
| A. R. Hines vs. A. G. Noah, Sheriff 192, 193, 194 |
Attala |
| C. W. Hunt vs. James Gorden 194, 195, 196, 197, 198 |
Pontotoc |
| The State of Mississippi, use, etc., vs. R. C. Powers et al. 198, 199, 200, 201, 202 |
Lincoln |
| Vicksburg & Meridian Railroad Company vs. R. D. Howe 202, 203, 204, 205, 206 |
Warren |
| Robert Garvin vs. The State 207, 208, 209 |
Colfax (now Clay) |
| Fowler & Moore vs. J. B. Payne 210, 211, 212, 213, 214, 215, 216 |
Lauderdale |
| Henry White vs. The State 216, 217, 218, 219, 220, 221, 222, 223, 224, 225, 226, 227 |
Colfax (now Clay) |
| Liverpool, London & Globe Insurance Company vs. William McGuire 227, 228, 229, 230, 231, 232, 233 |
Warren |
| Ellen R. Vanderburg et al. vs. Charles F. Williamson et al. 233, 234, 235, 236 |
Warren |
| Soule, Thomas & Wentworth vs. Shotwell & Fitts 236, 237, 238, 239 |
Colfax (now Clay) |
| M. C. Howard vs. O. T. Stephens 239, 240, 241, 242, 243, 244, 245 |
Holmes |
| A. J. Albright vs. Z. T. Flowers, et al. 246, 247, 248, 249, 250, 251 |
DeSoto |
| W. H. Clopton vs. Adrienne Spratt et al. 252, 253, 254, 255, 256, 257, 258, 259, 260, 261, 262, 263 |
Monroe |
| Meyer, Weis & Co. vs. Geo. C. Baldwin 263, 264, 265, 266, 267, 268, 269, 270, 271 |
Bolivar |
| P. Buck, Agent, vs. Payne & Raines 271, 272, 273, 274, 275, 276, 277, 278, 279, 280, 281 |
DeSoto |
| The Holly Springs Savings and Insurance Company vs. Board of Supervisors of Marshall County, p. 281-291 | Marshall |
| M. S. Wallace et al. vs. F. L. Latham, et al. 291, 292, 293, 294, 295, 296, 297, 298, 299 |
DeSoto |
| H. M. Roberts et al. vs. Weiler & Haas 299, 300, 301, 302 |
Monroe |
| Louis Hoffman vs. Levi Simon & Co. 302, 303, 304, 305 |
Warren |
| Catherine Eustice et al. vs. Rebecca B. Holmes et al. 305, 306, 307, 308, 309, 310, 311, 312, 313, 314 |
Issaquena |
| W. B. Jelks et al. vs. Mary Barrett et al. 315, 316, 317, 318, 319, 320, 321, 322, 323, 324, 325 |
Hinds |
| The Planters' Insurance Company vs. C. A. Ray 325, 326, 327, 328, |
Hinds |
| C. F. Rushing et al. vs. R. S. Rushing, Adm'r, etc. , 330, 331, 332 |
Leake |
| Hartford Fire Insurance Company vs. Wm. R. Green & Co., use, etc. 332, 333, 334, 335, 336, 337, 338, 339, 340, 341 |
Warren |
| S. W. Land vs. W. L. Keirn 341, 342, 343, 344, 345, 346, 347, 348, 349, 350, 351, 352 |
Holmes |
| T. J. Clayton, Adm'r, vs. G. B. Merrett e al. 353, 354, 355, 356, 357, 358, 359, 360 |
Lee |
| M. A. Temple et al vs. W. C. Hammock 360, 361, 362, 363, 364, 365, 366, 367 |
Franklin |
| M. J. Wade vs. William Thompson et al. 367, 368, 369, 370, 371, 372, 373, 374 |
Jefferson |
| V. Hughes et al. vs. M. A. Stallings 375, 376, 377 |
Carroll |
| Louis G. Knowles et al. vs. George C. Summey et al. 377, 378, 379, 380, 381, 382, 383 |
Monroe |
| F. T. Sanford et al. vs. Mayor and Aldermen of Meridian 383, 384, 385, 386, 387, 388, 389, 390 |
Lauderdale |
| Joe Rolls vs. The State 391, 392, 393, 394, 395, 396, 397 |
Union |
| J. L. S. Hill vs. Emma Bugg et al. 397, 398, 399, 400, 401, 402 |
Chickasaw |
| Jennie Newman vs. Meyer Morris 402, 403, 404, 405, 406 |
Washington |
| T. H. McRovie, Trustee, vs. F. S. White 406, 407, 408, 409 |
Colfax (now Clay) |
| Samuel Nelson vs. M. G. Miller, Adm'x, etc. 410, 411, 412, 413, 414 |
Washington |
| M. T. Tucker vs. John Hadley 414, 415, 416, 417, 418 |
Monroe |
| Nancy McLain vs. Jesse Thompson 418, 419, 420, 421, 422 |
Lincoln |
| Rebecca Polk vs. Board of Supervisors of Tunica County 422, 423, 424 |
Tunica |
| Thomas McMahon vs. K. R. Webb 424, 425, 426 |
Lincoln |
| John McNamee vs. Zachariah Relf 426, 427, 428, 429, 430, 431 |
Pike |
| T. L. Cooper vs. W. B. Turnage 431, 432, 433 |
Leake |
| W. J. Mhoon vs. B. G. Greenfield et ux. 434, 435, 436, 437, 438, 439, 440, 441 |
Tunica |
| Franklin Fire Insurance Company vs. William Taylor et al. 441, 442, 443 |
Warren |
| Lengsfield & Co. vs. Richardson & May 443, 444, 445, 446, 447, 448, 449, 450, 451, 452 |
Washington |
| J. R. Horne, Tax Collector, vs. J. & T. Green 452, 453, 454, 455, 456, 457 |
Hinds |
| The Germania Fire Insurance Company vs. John R. Francis 457, 458, 459, 460, 461, 462, 463, 464, 465, 466, 467, 468, 469 |
Lee |
| Planters' Compress Association vs. Thomas J. Hanes, Cotton Weigher, etc. 469, 470, 471, 472, 473, 474 |
Warren |
| Lidia P. Parmele vs. Robert J. McGinty 475, 476, 477, 478, 479, 480, 481, 482, 483, 484, 485, 486, 487 |
Warren |
| Robert Wilson vs. Isaac Williams' Heirs 487, 488, 489, 490, 491, 492, 493, 494 |
Yazoo |
| J. H. McCall vs. W. J. Nave 494, 495, 496, 497, 498, 499, 500 |
Kemper |
| Hibernian Bank vs. W. A. Everman et al. 500, 501, 502, 503, 504, 505, 506, 507 |
Washington |
| Richardson & May vs. T. M. Lightcap 508, 509, 510, 511, 512, 513, 514, 515, 516, 517 |
Holmes |
| J. W. Scarborough vs. Mary Smith 517, 518, 519, 520, 521, 522, 523 |
Attala |
| T. J. Portwood vs. Board of Supervisors of Montgomery County 523, 524, 525, 526, 527, 528, 529, 530 |
Montgomery |
| Doctor Doty et al. vs. John T. Heth, Adm'r, et al. 530, 531, 532, 533, 534, 535, 536 |
Yazoo |
| Brown, Randall & Co. vs. H. F. & W. P. Broach 536, 537, 538, 539, 540, 541 |
Lauderdale |
| Memphis & Charleston Railroad Company vs. C. A. Orr 541, 542, 543, 544, 545, 546 |
Tishomingo |
| Loughridge & Bogan vs. John Bowland 546, 547, 548, 549, 550, 551, 552, 553, 554, 555, 556, 557, 558, 559, 560, 561 |
Lee |
| W. D. Dobbins vs. Jacob Halfacre et al. 561, 562, 563, 564, 565 |
Winston |
| T. P. Park vs. Bamberger, Bloom & Co. 565, 566, 567, 568, 569, 570 |
Lee |
| Samuel Frank & Co. vs. Memphis & Charleston Railroad Company, p. 570-574 | Marshall |
| Morgan L. Thompson et al. vs. William M. Strickland et al. 574, 575, 576, 577, 578, 579, 580, 581 |
Marshall |
| W. J. Hubbard et al. vs. William Rutledge 581, 582, 583, 584 |
Covington |
| William Dickson vs. E. J. Wright 585, 586, 587, 588, 589, 590, 591, 592 |
Alcorn |
| John C. McNairy, use, etc. vs. George W. Gathings 592, 593, 594, 595, 596 |
Monroe |
| E. J. Bowers vs. Robert E. Andrews et al. 596, 597, 598, 599, 600, 601, 602, 603, 604, 605, 606, 607 |
Madison |
| A. B. Smith vs. J. M. Gill 607, 608, 609, 610 |
Scott |
| John H. Echols et al. vs. New Orleans, Jackson & Great Northern Railroad Company 610, 611, 612, 613, 614, 615, 616, 617 |
Hinds |
| S. H. Parisot vs. John Helm 617, 618, 619, 620, 621, 622, 623 |
Yazoo |
| Elizabeth Byrd et al. vs. Thomas C. Clarke 623, 624, 625 |
Jackson |
| Charles Handy vs. J. J. Andrews 626, 627, 628, 629, 630, 631, 632, 633 |
Madison |
| T. S. Wright vs. Watt, Noble & Mobley 634, 635, 636, 637, 638, 639 |
Holmes |
| H. F. McCaa, Ex'x, vs. Clara Russom et al. 639, 640, 641 |
Jefferson |
| Judges of the Supreme Court 643 |
. |
| Vicksburg & Meridian Railroad Company vs. William McCutchen 645, 646, 647, 648, 649, 650, 651, 652, 653 |
Warren |
| Everman & Co. vs. E. A. Robb 653, 654, 655, 656, 657, 658, 659, 660, 661, 662, 663, 664 |
Washington |
| A. J. Hyde vs. The State et al. 665, 666, 667, 668, 669, 670, 671, 672, 673, 674, 675, 676 |
Clarke |
| Capitol State Bank vs. Everett Lane 677, 678, 679, 680, 681 |
Hinds |
| Angeline Jones vs. Jeremiah Hicks 682, 683, 684, 685, 686 |
Madison |
| The State of Mississippi vs. Thomas Harris et al. 686, 687, 688, 689, 690, 691, 692, 693 |
Rankin |
| James Martin et al. vs. E. H. Harden, use, etc. 694, 695 |
Calhoun |
| Green Foster vs. The State 695, 696, 697, 698, 699, 700, 701, 702, 703, 704 |
Madison |
| C. T. Swan vs. Liverpool, London & Globe Insurance Company 704, 705, 706, 707, 708, 709, 710, 711 |
Hinds |
| City of Meridian vs. James M. Trussell 711, 712, 713 |
Lauderdale |
| Mary Robertshaw, Guardian, et al. vs. John Hanway 713, 714, 715, 716, 717, 718 |
Washington |
| Mayor and Alderman of Vicksburg vs. John Rainwater 718, 719, 720, 721 |
Warren |
| Susan R. Phillips vs. W. T. Eiland et al. 721, 722 |
Noxubee |
| William P. Simpson vs. J. M. McGlathery 723, 724, 725 |
Noxubee |
| William W. Williamson vs. H. P. Williamson 725, 726, 727, 728 |
Lawrence |
| David Stadeker, Trustee, vs. Jones & Stewart 729, 730, 731, 732 |
Madison |
| Eli Whitney vs. and advs. The State 732, 733, 734, 735, 736, 737, 738, 739 |
Hinds |
| Bank of Mississippi vs. Steven Duncan et al. 740, 741, 742, 743, 744, 745, 746, 747, 748, 749, 750, 751, 752, 753 |
Washington |
| Appendix 755 |
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| Judges of the Supreme Court 757 |
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| Libbeus French vs. The State 759, 760, 761, 762, 763, 764, 765, 766, 767 |
Grenada |
| Isaac Jefferson vs. The State 767, 768, 769, 770, 771, 772, 773 |
Tate |
| N. Merrill et al. vs. D. F. Hunt et al; G. F. Swan vs A. Asken, Adm'r, et al. 774, 775, 776 |
Washington |
| Lewis Westbrook vs. The State 777, 778, 779 |
Jackson |
| Memphis & Charleston Railroad Company vs. C. A. Green 779, 780, 781, 782, 783, 784 |
Alcorn |
| J. M. Hand vs. M. J. Winn et al. 784, 785, 786, 787, 788, 789 |
Clarke |
| J. H. Walker et al. vs. William Joyner 789, 790, 791 |
Alcorn |
| W. H. Letchford vs. Harriet J. Cary 791, 792, 793, 794, 795 |
Hinds |
| George P. Beirne vs. Richard Burdett 795, 796, 797, 798, 799 |
Washington |
| F. T. Leak vs. W. W. Cook 799, 800, 801, 802, 803, 804 |
Benton |
| H. Y. Bangle & Co. vs. G. W. Holden, Tax Collector 804, 805, 806, 807, 808 |
Clarke |
| New Orleans, Jackson & Great Northern Railroad Company vs. Henry Mitchell 808, 809, 810, 811, 812, 813 |
Copiah |
| H. Herman & Co. vs. Reese Perkins et al. 813, 814, 815, 816, 817, 818 |
Winston |
| G. W. Ragan vs. J. J. Harrell 818, 819, 820, 821, 822, 823, 824 |
Prentiss |
| J. T. Griffin vs. A. J. C. Harrison 824, 825, 826, 827 |
Chickasaw |
| Isabella A. Adams vs. J. L. Power 828, 829, 830, 831, 832, 833, 834 |
Hinds |
| A. P. Shattuck vs. T. C. Daniel and G. V. Young 834, 835, 836, 837, 838, 839, 840 |
Colfax (now Clay) |
| John B. Thrasher vs. M. A. Gillespie 840, 841, 842, 843, 844, 845 |
Claiborne |
| Mary A. Hinds vs. John A. Miller 845, 846, 847, 848, 849, 850 |
Washington |
| C. H. Williams, President Meridian Savings Institution, vs. A. K. Ramsey 851, 852, 853, 854, 855, 856, 857, 858, 859, 860 |
Lauderdale |
| Jane J. House et al. vs. J. A. Harden et al. 860, 861, 862, 863, 864, 865, 866, 867, 868, 869, 870, 871, 872, 873, 874, 875, 876, 877 |
DeSoto |
| New Orleans, St. Louis & Chicago Railroad Company vs. The State 877, 878, 879, 880, 881, 882, 883, 884, 885, 886, 887, 888, 889, 890, 891, 892, 893, 894, 895, 896, 897, 898, 899, 900, 901, 902 |
Madison |
| N. A. Isom, County Treasurer, vs. First National Bank et al. 902, 903, 904, 905, 906, 907, 908, 909, 910, 911, 912, 913, 914, 915, 916, 917, 918, 919, 920, 921 |
Hinds |
| Irene Mallett et al. vs. Parham & Blunt 921, 922, 923 |
Copiah |
| Tom Fitzcox vs. The State 923, 924, 925, 926, 927, 928, 929, 930 |
Marshall |
| Index at Back 931, 932, 933, 934, 935, 936, 937, 938, 939, 940, 941, 942, 943, 944, 945, 946, 947, 948, 949, 950, 951, 952, 953, 954, 955, 956, 957, 958, 959, 960, 961, 962, 963, 964, 965, 966, 967, 968, 969, 970, 971, 972, 973, 974, 975, 976, 977, 978, 979, 980, 981, 982, 983, 984, 985, 986, 987, 988, 989, 990, 991, 992, 993, 994, 995, 996, 997, 998, 999, 1000, 1001, 1002, 1003, 1004, 1005, 1006, 1007, 1008, 1009, 1010, 1011, 1012, 1013, 1014, 1015, 1016, 1017, 1018, 1019 |
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