Equitable Life Assurance Society v. Clark
Mississippi Supreme Court
From tbe chancery court of, second district, Coahoma county. Hon. A. McC. Kimbrough, Chancellor. Mrs. Clark, appellee, was complainant in the court below; the Equitable Life Assurance Company, appellee, was defendant there. From a personal decree, rendered under- the provisions of the act of March 10, 1900, for $15,000 in complainant’s favor, the defendant appealed to the supreme court.
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From tbe chancery court of, second district, Coahoma county. Hon. A. McC. Kimbrough, Chancellor. Mrs. Clark, appellee, was complainant in the court below; the Equitable Life Assurance Company, appellee, was defendant there. From a personal decree, rendered under- the provisions of the act of March 10, 1900, for $15,000 in complainant’s favor, the defendant appealed to the supreme court. Section 927, code 1892, is as follows: “927 (2277). Copy of books, papers, or documents furnished. — The court in which any action or suit is pending may, on good cause shown, and after notice of the…
1Opinion of the CourtOalhoon, J.
We do not consider tbe constitutionality of § 927 of tbe code, as amended by tbe act of 1900, p. 136, because, assuming it valid, tbe order for tbe inspection of tbe books,, and tbe decree pro confesso and final decree following for $15,000, with interest, were unauthorized. Tbe “good cause” required by the statute as a condition precedent to an order for production or inspection of books, etc., was not shown) and tbe showing made for the decree pro confesso was insufficient to warrant it,' and *484the allegations of the bill are too vague, indefinite, and uncertain to justify a final decree. The…
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