Ohlson v. Durfrey
| Decision Date | 31 March 1903 |
| Court | Mississippi Supreme Court |
| Parties | PETER OHLSON ET AL. v. ROBERT W. DURFREY |
March, 1903
FROM the circuit court of Madison county. HON. ROBERT POWELL, Judge.
Mandamus by Ohlson and another, appellants, against R. W. Durfrey, circuit clerk of Madison county, to compel the issuance to relators of certificates for their attendance as witnesses in the circuit court of Madison county. The petition alleged that petitioners were duly summoned as witnesses in a certain case, named, while they were in Madison county, where the court was held, and that they afterwards attended the trial one day, and duly proved their attendance, but that the clerk, appellee Durfrey, refused to issue a certificate of such attendance, including their mileage. On the trial, defendant moved to dismiss on the ground that two distinct demands of two different persons Were joined in the same petition, which motion the court sustained, and plaintiffs appealed to the supreme court.
Affirmed.
J. B. Chrisman, for appellants.
H. B. Greaves, for appellee.
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Affirmed.
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