Case Name: Kerr v. Robertson et al.
Court: High Court of Errors and Appeals of Mississippi
Jurisdiction: Mississippi
Decision Date: 1840-12
Citations: 5 Howard 278
Docket Number: 
Parties: Kerr v. Robertson et al.
Judges: 
Reporter: Mississippi Reports
Volume: 6
Pages: 278–278

Head Matter:
Kerr v. Robertson et al.
The forthcoming bond is a matter in pais, and must, therefore, be spread upon the record by a bill of exceptions.
WRIT of error from a decision in the circuit court, overruling a motion to quash a forthcoming bond.
W. Yerger, for plaintiff in error.
Hughes, contra.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
This was a motion m the court below, to quash a forthcoming bond, for certain objections. The motion was overruled. The bill of exceptions only states that the motion was made and overruled. It does not embody the execution or the bond, and we are, therefore, altogether without proper information as to the evidence before the court on the motion. The bond is surely matter in pais and though the statute gives it the force of a judgment, it does not thereby change the rules of evidence, or the character of the instrument. We think the decision in Grigsby v. Francis, 2 How. 845, is supported by principle.
The judgment must, therefore, be affirmed.