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· 10/15/1917

Brookhaven Lumber & Mfg. Co. v. Posey

Citations

  • 115 Miss. 854
  • 76 So. 731

Syllabus

<p>Principa! and Agent. Relation. Contract of hiring.</p> <p>Under the facts as set out in its opinion, the court held that the evidence was not sufficient to show that one employed by a mill to get logs out of the woods, had any authority real or apparent to make contracts of hiring with cutters or to change or modify contracts.</p>

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  • holding that the statute of limitations in § 29-110 did not apply to criminal contempt, and explaining that an act denounced by statute as a crime could constitute contempt of court even if the offender could be prosecuted under a criminal statute

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