Martin v. Harden

Citations

• 52 Miss. 694

Syllabus

<p>1. CIRCUIT Court : Jurisdiction in civil eases. Partial payments. Code of 1871, § %%8%. Case in judgment.</p> <p>Suit was brought in circuit court, on anote, dated April 24,1860, for $165, bearing interest at 10 per cent, from date, credited by $60 paid in confederate money, 1st September, 1863. Interest accrued to date of suit was about $52. Held, that applying the rule for the application of partial payments, as prescribed in g 2282 of Oode of 1871, the principal amount due on the note was about $147; that the payment made in confederate money was as valid as if made in gold, and that the circuit court did not have original jurisdiction of the case. Const., art. 6, <S 14.</p>