Riley v. James

Citations

• 73 Miss. 1

Syllabus

<p>1. Town Marshal. Territorial authority as constable.</p> <p>A seizure and sale by a town marshal, acting as constable, without the limits of the town and supervisor’s district in which the town is situated, under a distress warrant issued by the mayor of such town, are invalid, and confer no title upon a purchaser at the sale.</p> <p>2. Same. Justices of the peace. Constables. Jurisdiction and power.</p> <p>Neither under the constitution nor laws of this state can the jurisdiction of justices of the peace, or the executive power of constables, be extended beyond the districts for which they were elected.</p>