Legal Opinion

Simmons v. Smith County Bank

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided November 21, 1955No. 39787PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtHall, J.

This is an appeal by Mrs. Sam J. Simmons, Sr., doing business under the name of City Lumber Company, of Grenada; Mississippi, and her general agent Fred Simmons, from a decree of the Chancery Court of Smith County in the amount of $11,281.97 in favor of Smith County Bank. There was also a decree in the same suit against S. A. Bradshaw from which no appeal has been taken.

The controversy arose out of the following facts: In the early part of 1953 City Lumber Company obtained a contract with General Services Administration, a government agency, to furnish in different quantities and at different…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Payne v. First Nat. Bank of ColumbusTexas Commission of Appeals · 1927

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Ind. Lumbermen's Mut. Ins. v. Curtis MathesMississippi Supreme Court · 1984
  2. Ford v. WhiteMississippi Supreme Court · 1986
  3. Monroe Banking & Trust Company v. AllenDistrict Court, N.D. Mississippi · 1968
  4. Stribling Investments, LLC v. Mike Rozier Construction Company, Inc.Mississippi Supreme Court · 2016
  5. Weeks v. Cal-Maine Foods, Inc.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1987

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