Matthews v. Cotton

Citations

• 83 Miss. 472

Syllabus

<p>1. Affidavit. Supreme court. Practice. Objections not made in court below.</p> <p>The objection that an affidavit in replevin was not duly sworn to will not be considered when made for the first time in the supreme court.</p> <p>2. Justice of the Peace. Civil jurisdiction. Town charter. Laws 1866, p. 182.</p> <p>Under a municipal charter which provided' for an additional justice of the peace for the town, the civil jurisdiction of such justice under the general law is in nowise limited by a further provision of the charter that the mayor and councilmen may fix penalties for violation of the charter or ordinances, the offense to be ascertained by trial before the mayor or justice of the peace for the town.</p>