Supreme Lodge Knights of Honor v. Fletcher
Mississippi Supreme Court
From the circuit court of Attala county. Hon. William F. Steyens, Judge. Fletcher, guardian, the appellee, was the plaintiff in the court below; the Supreme Lodge Knights of Honor, appellant, was defendant there. The plaintiff recovered in the court below, the judgment being rendered March 10, 1900, and it remained unpaid and unappealed from until September 25, 1900, when this appeal with supersedeas was sued out.
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From the circuit court of Attala county. Hon. William F. Steyens, Judge. Fletcher, guardian, the appellee, was the plaintiff in the court below; the Supreme Lodge Knights of Honor, appellant, was defendant there. The plaintiff recovered in the court below, the judgment being rendered March 10, 1900, and it remained unpaid and unappealed from until September 25, 1900, when this appeal with supersedeas was sued out. Section 2 of ch. 63 of the acts of 1894 contains the following-provisions with reference to insurance companies: “If any insurance company incorporated under the laws of another…
1Opinion of the Court · CalhoonCalhoon, J.
This is a motion by appellee to dismiss the appeal, and it is based on section 2, act 1891, pp. 51, 52, entitled “An act to amend § 2330 of the annotated code of Mississippi in reference to valuation of property and measure of damages in suits upon insurance policies in cases of loss by fire, and to provide for the enforcement of judgments against insurance companies. ” W hether this act applies to life insurance companies at all, or,, *381if it does, whether a mutual benefit society such as appellant, with life insurance as a mere incident to membership, is a life insurance company within the…
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