The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-04-11
DECISIONS BY
SUPREME COURT
Decision in Permenter Case Not Re
turned-Suggestion Of Error in the
Telephone Cases.

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preme court did not pass on the Per-
menter case Monday morning, as ex-
pected, and no decision will be hand
ed down till next Monday, if then.
Several cases were handed down.
the suggestion of error in each Of
several Cumberland Telephone cases
being overruled by the court.
The verdict of the lower court in
the case of the city of Jackson against
Mrs. Mary Cole, which was appealed
some time ago, was affirmed, while
James Dixon, who shot and killed
Miss Cox at Yazoo City some time
ago, was denied bail. This case
came up on an appeal from the Yazoo
chancery court on habeas corpus pro-
ceedings, but the decision of the chan
cellor was affirmed. Decisions were
handed down as follows:
H. C. Magee VS.. Rich Magee. chan
Gerry Jefferson Davis; reversed and
dismissed.
w. H. Gillaspy Sons Company VS..
T. A. Massey, Newton county; af-
firmed.
Cumberland Telephone & Tele-
graph Company, ct al VS.. Mrs. Henri
eta Woodham, Jackson county; af-
firmed
The Mehaffy Company VS.. Russell
G. Butler, Lauderdale county; revers-
ed and remanded.
Mobile, Jackson & Kansas City Rail
road Company VS.. Hit & Rutherford !;
motion to strike out instructions sus-
tanned.
Yazoo e Mississippi Valley Rail-
road Company VS.. c. M. Brown, vii.
kinson county; reversed and remand
ed.
w. T. Rideout, administrator VS.. w
H. Mars, Neshoba county; reversed
and remanded
Lexington Compress and Oil Mill
Company VS.. E. Van Wrinkle Gin &
Machinery Company, Holmes county;
affirmed.
Mary Cole VS.. city of Jackson
Einds county; affirmed.
William H. Ellsworth VS.. Martin
Lumber Company, Jones county; At
firmed.
Postal Telegraph & Cable Co. VS.
Frank Jones and India Bell, Hinds
county; affirmed.
Marion Kimmerer VS.. ]. W. Buffins
Sunfiower county; affirmed
George L. Carter VS.. the state, At
ITALIA county; reversed and remanded.
Cumberland Telephone & Tele-
graph Company VS.. state ex rel, Mar
shall county; suggestion of error over
ruled.
Murray Gin Company VS.. w. w.
Kemp, Prentiss county; motion to
strike out stenographer notes sus-
tanned, and overruled as to dismiss
ing appeal.
w. V. Sullivan VS.. Southern Engine
e Boiler Works, Quitman county;
motion to dismiss sustained.
Cumberland Telephone & Telegraph
Company VS.. C. NJ McCorkle, Prentiss
county; motion for decree here sus-
tanned.
The same order made in four SINH
lar cases from the same court.
c. w. Poythress VS.. State, Lauder
dale county; motion for additional
time to file record overruled.
w. A. Lerly VS.. w. R. Stevenson,
Clarke county; suggestion of error
overruled.
William Henry Echole VS.. state.
Tate county; motion to re-instate sus-
tanned.
Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Com
pany VS.. Mrs. Roberta Willoughby,
Lincoln county; affirmed.
Mississippi Central Railroad Com
pany, VS.. B. H. Crawford, Lincoln
county; affirmed.
William Whitaker VS.. Yazoo &
Valley Railroad Company,
Warren county; affirmed.
John w. Bridger VS.. P. w. Shell, |
Chickasaw county; affirmed.
Elk Parte James Dixon habeas cor
pus, Yazoo county; affirmed.