Legal Opinion

Truckers Exchange Bank v. Conroy

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided December 23, 1940No. 34346PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtSmith, C. J.

The appellee recovered a judgment against the appellants in an action for libel. The case was before this Court once before under the style of Conroy v. Breland et al., 185 Miss. 787, 189 So. 814.

The action is based on a letter alleged to have been written by the appellants, charging the appellee with having given them a deed of trust on propérty in her possession, hut which she did not own and was without the right to encumber. The court below refused the appellants’ request for a directed verdict, and, as we have arrived at the conclusion that it erred in so doing, the case will be stated…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Lochner v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1905
  2. Conroy v. BrelandMississippi Supreme Court · 1939
  3. Thomas v. WilliamsonMississippi Supreme Court · 1939

3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Johnson v. BrewerMississippi Supreme Court · 1983
  2. Doe v. StegallMississippi Supreme Court · 2000
  3. Monsanto Co. v. CochranMississippi Supreme Court · 1965
  4. Rucker v. HopkinsMississippi Supreme Court · 1986
  5. Aponaug Manufacturing Co. v. CollinsMississippi Supreme Court · 1949

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