Hale v. Bozeman

Mississippi Supreme Court
Hale v. Bozeman, 60 Miss. 965 (Miss. 1883)
Cooper

Hale v. Bozeman

Opinion of the Court

Cooper, J.,

delivered the opinion of the court.

The appellee admits that a part of the sum for which the judgment was entered is justly due, and this amount he is not equitably entitled to restrain the appellant from collecting. It was error to perpetuate the injunction as to the whole debt. McReynolds v. Harshaw, 2 Ired. Eq. 29; Lewis v. Smith, 7 Beav. 470 ; Rodaban v. Driver, 23 Geo. 352 ; Welch v. Parran, 2 Gill, 320.

It is by no means clear on the record as it now appears, that *967the appellee is not indebted to the appellant in the full sum for which judgment was rendered. At most, the appellant should be required to retry his right to the amount in excess of that admitted to be due by the appellee, and the injunction should be retained until the result is known. For any sum found due on such trial, the injunction-bond should stand as security to the appellant. The cause being now in chancery, we think the better practice is for that court to try the issue of the amount of the debt, and make a final disposition of the cause.

The decree is reversed and cause remanded.

Reference

Full Case Name
Ira C. Hale v. J. R. Bozeman
Cited By
3 cases
Status
Published
Syllabus
1. Chancery Practice. Injunction against judgment at- law. Excess in judgment. Re-trial. Where the defendant in a judgment at law illegally rendered against him admits that the judgment is partly founded upon a just indebtedness, and claims that it is excessive merely, he is not entitled to restrain by injunction the collection of the judgment for the amount which he admits to be due. But as to the alleged excess in the judgment the plaintiff therein should bo required to retry his case, the injunction to be retained till the result is known, and the injunction-bond to stand as a security to the plaintiff for any amount which may be found due him, on such trial. 2. Same. Injunction against judgment. New trial. In such ease, the Chancery Court, having obtained jurisdiction by virtue of the injunction, should try the issue as to the amount of the debt, and make a final disposition of the case.