Richardson v. Woolard

Citations

• 133 Miss. 417
• 97 So. 808
• 1923 Miss. LEXIS 156

Syllabus

<p>Records. Loose-leaf booh held “well-bound boolc’’ within statute.</p> <p>A loose-leaf book with holes in the loose sheets, which fit over metallic posts, and become firmly attached to the leather cover when locked with a key kept by the clerk, a permanent metallic rod being inserted after the book is filled with recorded matter, so that it cannot again be unlocked, held a “well-bound book’’ within the meaning of Code 1906, section 2808 (Hemingway’s Code, section 2309), requiring the recording of instruments in a well-bound book, in view of Code 1906, section 318 (Hemingway’s Code, section 3691). (Affirmed by divided court.)</p> <p>Ethridoe, Anderson, and Holden, JJ., dissenting.</p>