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· 4/15/1872

Parisot v. Green

Citations

  • 46 Miss. 747

Syllabus

<p>1. Jurisdiction or statu courts to maintain personal action against owners oe steamboat.— A judgment against the owners of a steamboat, in action of assumpsit on their promise to pay for supplies furnished for their steamboat, is not void for want of jurisdiction in the state court.</p> <p>2. Judgment by deeatjlt on due service oe summons not void, because another was mentioned in declaration. — Where the declaration avers that the steamboat and two owners named are indebted to plaintiffs, and summons is duly served on the owners, a judgment by default against them is not void, and cannot, on such ground, be enjoined.</p> <p>3. Judgment merely erroneous cannot be questioned collaterally. — A judgment which is not void, but merely erroneous, cannot be questioned collaterally.</p>

Judges: Simball

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