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Mississippi Supreme Court, 1911

McGahey v. McGraw

McGahey v. McGraw
Mississippi Supreme Court · Decided March 15, 1911 · Smith
100 Miss. 295; 56 So. 397

Counsel

H. H. Rodgers, for appellant., Jones é Jones, for appellee.

McGahey v. McGraw

Opinion of the Court

Smith, J.,

delivered the opinion of the court.

The burden of proof was upon the plaintiff in the court below to show that the articles, purchased by the husband, were for the use and benefit of the business transacted by him with his wife’s property. Porter & McRae v. Staten, 64 Miss. 428, 1 South. 487. This burden he wholly failed to meet.

Reversed and remanded.

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