Masonic Benefit Ass'n v. Dotson
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the chancery court of Leflore county. LIon. M. E. Denton, Chancellor. Suit by the Masonic Benefit Association of Stringer Grand Lodge of the state of Mississippi against Eliza D'otson, for injunction to annul a former decree against ■complainant on behalf of defendant. From a decree for -defendant, complainant appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtHolden, J.
This is an appeal from a decree of the chancery court •of Leflore county. The appellee obtained a decree for six hundred and ninety-eight dollars and fifteen cents against the appellant upon a policy of insurance on the life of her husband, and this was a suit by injunction to annul this decree. The chancellor denied relief and dissolved the injunction; hence this appeal.
The chief complaint made here by appellant is that it was not an insurance company, -and that it was not sued in the county of its domicile and residence, Bolivar county, but was sued in Leflore county, where the beneficiary…
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