Hodges v. Phillip

Citations

• 50 Miss. 362

Syllabus

<p>1. Practice — Chancery — Answer Must be Sworn to. — In this state an answer to a bill in equity must be sworn to, otherwise it will, upon motion of complainant, be stricken from the files, and if the respondent declines to plead further, the eause may proceed regularly to final decree. This is the established practice in England and America. 1 Daniels Oh. Pr., 749, et seq. and notes. It is also the established practice in this state. Code of 1857, p. 547, art. 55; Rev. Code, 1871, § 1039.</p>