Warren County v. Lanier
Mississippi Supreme Court
Warren County v. Lanier, 87 Miss. 606 (Miss. 1905)
Oalhoon
Warren County v. Lanier
Opinion of the Court
delivered the opinion of the court.
This is an ex parte petition of Lanier to the circuit court, under Code 1892, § 1387, for one hundred dollars reward for arresting a person who had killed another and was fleeing from arrest. The circuit court allowed it, and the county, which had never been made a party, appeals. We are without jurisdiction. Tate County v. Moore, ante, 245 (s.c., 39 South. Rep., 781).
Appeal dismissed.
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- Warren County v. John B. Lanier
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- Syllabus
- Appeal. Jurisdiction. Statutory reward. Oode 1892, § 1387. Where a county was not a party to a petition to the circuit court asking an allowance, under Code 1892, § 1387, providing a reward for the arrest and delivery up for trial of fleeing homicides, it cannot appeal to the supreme court from the judgment of the - circuit court granting the petition.