Irion v. Cole

Citations

• 78 Miss. 132

Syllabus

<p>1. Chancery Jurisdiction. Cross bill. Independent legal demand.</p> <p>In an equity suit to enforce a lien for the security of a debt, the defendant may, by cross bill, propound an independent leg'al demand as a set-off against the complainant’s debt.</p> <p>2. Same. Constitution 1890, sec. 147.</p> <p>If the chancery court overrule a demurrer to a cross bill, the supreme court cannot reverse the decree because of any error or mistake as to whether the matters therein propounded be of equity or common law jurisdiction. Sec. 147, const. 1890, prohibits reversals for such error.</p>