Legal Opinion

Jefferson Standard Life Insurance v. Ham

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided April 5, 1937No. 32499PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtMcGowen, J.

In this case the usury statute of our state, section 1946, Code 1930, was enforced by the court below in accordance with the construction put upon it by this court in Rogers v. Rivers, 135 Miss. 756, 100 So. 385, 37 A. L. R. 313, which was decided by this court in banc, there being an equal division, three judges for affirmance and three for reversal.

The pleading and essential facts alleged in the case at bar cannot be differentiated from the case of Jefferson Standard Life Insurance Co. et al. v. Dorsey et al. (Miss.), 173 So. 669, this day decided.

Appellants urge upon us that we now…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Robertson v. Mississippi Valley Co.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1919
  2. Jefferson Standard Life Insurance v. DorseyMississippi Supreme Court · 1937
  3. Rogers v. RiversMississippi Supreme Court · 1924
  4. Jefferson Standard Life Ins. v. DavisMississippi Supreme Court · 1935
  5. Yalobusha County v. Tallahatchie CountyMississippi Supreme Court · 1934

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Harper v. HarperMississippi Supreme Court · 1986
  2. Jefferson Standard Life Insurance v. DorseyMississippi Supreme Court · 1937
  3. Montgomery Ward & Co. v. HarlandMississippi Supreme Court · 1949
  4. Jefferson Standard Life Insurance v. MyersCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1939
  5. Russell v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1975

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