United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. v. State ex rel. Hardy
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the circuit court of Copiah county. Hon. D. M. Miller, Judge. Suit by the state of Mississippi for the use Mrs. Lola D. Hardy against the United States Fidelity & Guaranty Company and another. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court.
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Appeal from the circuit court of Copiah county. Hon. D. M. Miller, Judge. Suit by the state of Mississippi for the use Mrs. Lola D. Hardy against the United States Fidelity & Guaranty Company and another. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. Appellants agree with counsel for appellee that damages for mental pain and suffering are actual damages, as so ably contended in their brief, but earnestly insist that such damages even though actual, are sot recoverable where disconnected from physical pain and suffering and not result…
1Opinion of the CourtCook, J.
The appellee, Mrs. Hardy, a resident of Jackson, in this state, took passage on a train for Wesson. The trip was undertaken to visit her parents. When she alighted from the train at Wesson, she intrusted her suit case to the transfer man, Mr. Coker. It seems that the officer of Wesson had suspected that Coker was engaged in the business of bringing into Wesson alcoholic liquors and selling same in violation of the ordinances of the town and the laws of the state.
The mayor of the town, it seems, had told the defendant Furr, who was the marshal of the town, that Coker had gone somewhere for…
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