Grand Lodge Colored Knights of Pythias v. Barlow
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the circuit court of Copiah county. Hon. D. M. Miller, Judge. Suit by H. H. Barlow against the Grand Lodge of Colored Knights of Pythias. Prom a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, J.
This is a suit upon a life insurance policy issued by appellant. At the close of the evidence the court below peremptorily charged the jury to find for the plaintiff in the sum of one hundred and twenty-five dollars, and there was a verdict and judgment accordingly. *664■An appeal was taken to this court, and the cause now comes on to be heard on motion of appellee to dismiss on the ground that the judgment appealed from was “a judgment by confession.” .
The judgment does not recite that it.is “a judgment by confession;” but it appears from the allegations of the motion for a new trial, and from…
2Cited by1 opinion
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