54 Miss. 664 | Miss. | 1877
delivered the opinion of the court.
The judgment by default was improper. The act of March 4, 1873 (Acts 1873, p. 82), only authorizes service of process against express, railroad and telegraph companies to be made
It was error also to overrule the motion to set aside the judgment by default upon the showing made. It should have been granted upon terms to be fixed by the court. Fore v. Folsom, 4 How. (Miss.) 282; City of Meridian v. Trussell, 52 Miss. 711.
Judgment reversed and cause remanded.