Jones v. Patty
Mississippi Supreme Court
From the chancery court of Noxubee county. Hon. T. B. Graham, Chancellor. The opinion states the case. 1. The $2,000 of insurance money in excess of the $10,000 exempted by the statute were assets of R. C. Patty’s estate, and the complainants were entitled to a decree in respect thereto.
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From the chancery court of Noxubee county. Hon. T. B. Graham, Chancellor. The opinion states the case. 1. The $2,000 of insurance money in excess of the $10,000 exempted by the statute were assets of R. C. Patty’s estate, and the complainants were entitled to a decree in respect thereto. The statute, § 1964, code 1892, which is a re-enactment of § 1261, code 1880, imparts to a debtor the right to devote his means to the payment of premiums to procure insurance to the extent of $10,000, but no more; and as Patty paid all the premiums on the $12,000 of insurance, the excess of $2,000 was…
1Opinion of the CourtCooper, C. J.
The appellants, creditors of E. C. Patty, deceased, exhibited *183this bill in the chancery court of Noxubee county, in which administration of said estate was pending, against Ella H. Patty, administratrix, and the sureties on her official bond, seeking to recover for a devastavit of said estate committed by the administratrix. The demands of some of the appellants have been reduced to judgments at law in suits against the administratrix, and those of the other complainants are evidenced by promissory notes of the intestate or open accounts against him. The bill avers that there does not remain…
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