Hambrick v. Dent

Mississippi Supreme Court
Hambrick v. Dent, 70 Miss. 59 (Miss. 1892)
Campbell

Hambrick v. Dent

Opinion of the Court

Campbell, C. J.,

delivered the opinion of the court.

The judgment in this case must be reversed, because it was rendered when there was a plea undisposed of which is a full answer to the declaration. Section 1433 of the code of 1880 applies to criminal cases only. Its citation in Duncan v. Supervisors, 64 Miss., 38, was an inadvertence. No statute authorizes a" judgment in the state of case shown by this record, and such a statute would be intolerable.

Reversed and remanded.

Reference

Full Case Name
M. C. Hambrick v. E. C. Dent
Cited By
3 cases
Status
Published
Syllabus
1. Practice. Judgment by default. Plea on file. 'Error. A judgment by default, rendered when there is a plea undisposed of which is a full answer to the declaration, will he reversed. 2. Same. Code 1880, §1433. Such error is not cured by § 1433, code 1880, which applies only to criminal cases. Dunean v. Supervisors, 64 Miss., 38, explained.