Bank of McCool v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co.
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from chancery court of Hinds county. Hon. Y. A. Griffith, Chancellor. Suit by the Bank of McCool, Branch of Grenada Bank, against the United States Fidelity & Guaranty Company and others. A demurrer to the bill was sustained, and plaintiff appeals.
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Appeal from chancery court of Hinds county. Hon. Y. A. Griffith, Chancellor. Suit by the Bank of McCool, Branch of Grenada Bank, against the United States Fidelity & Guaranty Company and others. A demurrer to the bill was sustained, and plaintiff appeals. In Bank of Bupora v. State, 69 So. 998, t$i question was sharply presented, hoAV far location could raise a discrimination, and it was held there that the money could not be deposited out of the county if a bank in the county was willing to qualify, and now, we submit that by implication it was further held that between banks in the county,…
1Opinion of the CourtHolden, J.
This is a suit by the appellant, Bank McCool, against individual members of the board of supervisor’s'of Attala county and their sureties on their official bonds,'to recover damages for a failure of the supervisors to select and commission the appellant as the county depository and deposit with it public funds amounting to seventy-five thousand dollars, claiming that it was entitled to be commissioned as the county depository, because its bid for the county funds was the best received and should have been accepted by the board under the State Depository Law. A demurrer filed to the bill was…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- State ex rel. Greaves v. HenryMississippi Supreme Court · 1905
- Swan v. GrayMississippi Supreme Court · 1870
- Shotwell v. CovingtonMississippi Supreme Court · 1892
- Pearl River County Bank v. Town of PicayuneMississippi Supreme Court · 1921
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- Frazier v. State by and Through PittmanMississippi Supreme Court · 1987