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On December 8, the Mississippi Supreme Court in Jackson issued multiple decisions, primarily affirming circuit and chancery court rulings, with some reversals, remands, and procedural motions handled by judges Ethridge, Sikes, Holden, Stevens, Cook, and Chief Justice Smith.
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JACKSON, Miss., Dec. 8 (Spl)—The following decisions were handed down by the supreme court today:
By Ethridge, Judge
Bob Lee Garrett vs. state, circuit DeSoto; affirmed.
Joe F. Wigley vs. Mrs. Mollie Bain, circuit Attala; affirmed.
Paul Hubbard vs. Southern Railway Co., circuit Tishomingo; affirmed.
Hines Higgins vs. state, circuit Simpson; affirmed.
Board of Supervisors vs. George Gully, chancery Harrison; motion to advance overruled.
By Sikes, Judge
Finis Nunnally vs. state, circuit Prentiss; affirmed.
Emmie McLaurin vs. Evan Austin, circuit Claiborne; affirmed.
Dan McGivney vs. state, circuit Leake; affirmed.
United States Fidelity and Guaranty Co. vs. state of Mississippi, use of J. T. Pinkerton, circuit Wayne; suggestion of error overruled.
John Pierce vs. state, circuit Jones; affirmed.
Board of Supervisors of Bolivar County vs. L. E. Edwards, chancery Bolivar; motion to advance sustained and set for fourth Monday in January.
By Holden, Judge
Charles Lindsey vs. state, circuit Prentiss; affirmed.
J. H. Brock et al. vs. C. J. Jones, circuit Perry; reversed and judgment here for appellant.
Bill Ellis vs. state, circuit Leake; affirmed.
W. S. Hanna vs. J. A. Lindsey, circuit Monroe; suggestion of error overruled.
Courtney Bros. vs. John Deere Plow Co., chancery Calhoun; motion to docket and dismiss overruled.
By Stevens, Judge
W. G. McAdoo, director general, vs. L. L. Sinclair, circuit Attala; affirmed.
Jones County Land Company vs. D. B. Fox, chancery Jones; reversed and remanded.
E. B. McCallum vs. Mrs. I. I. McCallum; petition for certiorari sustained.
By Cook, Judge
G. L. Hawkins vs. T. A. Wood, chancery Harrison; affirmed.
William Cage vs. city of Canton, circuit Madison; affirmed.
Abston Wynne & Co. vs. Lewis D. Webb, circuit Tallahatchie; motion to complete and correct record sustained.
By Smith, Chief Justice
State vs. D. D. Durham, circuit Pearl River; reversed and remanded.
Frank Moody, ex parte; motion to advance sustained and set for second Monday in January.
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Jackson, Miss.
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Dec. 8
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multiple cases affirmed; some reversed and remanded; various motions overruled, sustained, or granted.
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The Mississippi Supreme Court handed down decisions in numerous circuit and chancery cases, including Bob Lee Garrett vs. state (affirmed), Joe F. Wigley vs. Mrs. Mollie Bain (affirmed), and others, with rulings by Judges Ethridge, Sikes, Holden, Stevens, Cook, and Chief Justice Smith.