Cawthon v. State
Cawthon v. State
100 Miss. 834; 57 So. 224
Cases that cite this one
5 later published cases cite this decision.
- Lee v. State (Miss. 1941)
- Crosby v. State (Miss. 1928)
- Jeffries v. State (Miss. 1927)
- Xydias v. Pellman (Miss. 1919)
- Jones v. State (Miss. 1929)
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Opinion of the Court
delivered the opinion of the court.
As this record contains no certified copy of the proceedings before the justice of the peace, in whose court this cause is supposed to have originated, the court below was without jurisdiction, and consequently the judgment must be and is reversed, and the cause remanded. Rogers v. City of Hattiesburg, 55 So. 481.
Reversed and remanded.
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