Legal Opinion

Carothers v. Bank of Baldwyn

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided December 1, 1930No. 28973PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtEthridge, P. J.

' This appeal was granted by the chancellor from an order sustaining* a demurrer to settle the principles of a case.

We think the appeal was improvidently granted. The bill was only defective in amendable particulars, and the principles governing the cause are well settled. Under the present statute, chapter 151, Laws of 1924, section 14, Code of 1930, appeal is only granted when the appeal will settle all the controlling principles involved in the cause. Whenever a bill states a case imperfectly, which may be cured by amendment, the chancellor should require the pleader, when the demurrer is…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Bierce v. GrantMississippi Supreme Court · 1907
  2. Yazoo & Miss. V. R. R. v. JamesMississippi Supreme Court · 1914
  3. Barrier v. KellyMississippi Supreme Court · 1902
  4. Armstrong v. MooreMississippi Supreme Court · 1916
  5. Norris v. BurnettMississippi Supreme Court · 1914

3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Stirling v. Whitney Nat. BankMississippi Supreme Court · 1933
  2. Lott v. WindhamMississippi Supreme Court · 1941
  3. Cochran v. CochranMississippi Supreme Court · 1954
  4. Martin v. ReedMississippi Supreme Court · 1957
  5. Wilson v. WilsonMississippi Supreme Court · 1947

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