Alabama Great Southern Railroad v. Dalton

Citations

• 86 Miss. 299

Syllabus

<p>Justice of the Peace. Terms of court. Continuance. Default. Code 1892, § 2399.</p> <p>Although under Code 1892,' §2399, a justice of the peace may continue to hold court from day to day following his regular court day so long as business may require, he is required by said section to hold regular terms, and an adjournment of his court from a regular court day to a day other than his next regular court day on the mistaken idea that the day of adjournment is a legal holiday, is unauthorized, and a judgment by default rendered on the day to which he so adjourned is void.</p>