Metropolitan Casualty Ins. v. Sullivan
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the circuit court of Simpson county. Hon. W. H. Hughes, Judge. Suit between the Metropolitan Casualty Insurance Company of New York and J. B. Sullivan, on motion to strike bill of exceptions. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, C. J.
The evidence in this cause was taken down by a stenographer, but before he transcribed his notes they were stolen and were never recovered. Notice to transcribe his notes was served on the stenographer on the 2d day of October, 1916, and on the 29th of November, following, he was granted by the trial judge ninety days from that date within which to file a transcript of his notes, but, as these notes were lost, this transcript was never made. On the 9th day of February, 1917, the circuit judge approved a memorandum of the evidence prepared and filed with him by counsel for appellant. The cause *401…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Cato v. Chrystal Ice Co.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1914