Holliday v. Maryland Casualty Co.
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the circuit court of Madison county. Hon. W. H. Potter, Judge. Suit by T. C. Holliday against, the Maryland Casualty Company. Prom a judgment for defendant, plaintiff appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. The last charge is the one charge which appellant is aggrieved at.
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Appeal from the circuit court of Madison county. Hon. W. H. Potter, Judge. Suit by T. C. Holliday against, the Maryland Casualty Company. Prom a judgment for defendant, plaintiff appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. The last charge is the one charge which appellant is aggrieved at. Appellant claims that this last charge, that he shot off his other foot and made claim accordingly, in-cheated to any ordinary man’s mind, not accustomed to splitting hairs to find excuses to let a man out of trouble, conveys the idea of moral turpitude and also a transgression of the…
1Opinion of the CourtCook, P. J.
The appellant filed suit in the circuit court of Madison county, a demurrer to the declaration by the defendant; the demurrer was sustained; the plaintiff filed an amended declaration, and the demurrer to same was also sustained, and plaintiff appeals.
It is unnecessary to set out in this opinion the first declaration. The amended declaration, omitting the formal parts, was as follows:
“For that, whereas, the plaintiff, T. C. Holliday, be- • fore and at the time of the committing by the defendant of the several grievances hereinafter mentioned, was a *66person- of good name and reputation, and…
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