Legal Opinion

Benton v. Canal Insurance

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided June 5, 1961No. 41887PublishedCited by 19 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*497Kyle, J.

This case is before us on appeal by Emmett Benton (The Western Casualty & Surety Company, Assignee), and Howard M. Polk from a final judgment of the Circuit Court of the First Judicial District of Hinds County dismissing with prejudice a writ of garnishment against the appellee Canal Insurance Company.

The record shows that Eugene Stubbs, doing business as Stubbs & Grubbs, had a contract to haul steel to various destinations from Mississippi Steel Corporation. Stubbs secured an automobile liability insurance policy from .Canal Insurance Company covering liability *498to third persons,…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. American Fidelity & Casualty Company, Inc. v. St. Paul-Mercury Indemnity CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1957
  2. Transport Insurance Co. v. Standard Oil Co. of TexasTexas Supreme Court · 1960
  3. Associated Indemnity Corp. v. WachsmithWashington Supreme Court · 1940
  4. Birrenkott v. Mc ManamaySouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1937
  5. Continental Casualty Co. v. PierceMississippi Supreme Court · 1934

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3Cited by19 opinions

  1. Centennial Insurance Company, Plaintiff-Counter v. Ryder Truck Rental, Inc., Defendant-Counter Claimant-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1998
  2. McFarland v. Utica Fire Insurance Co. of Oneida County, New YorkDistrict Court, S.D. Mississippi · 1992
  3. Preferred Risk Mutual Insurance Company v. PooleDistrict Court, N.D. Mississippi · 1976
  4. Liberty Mutual Fire Insurance Company v. Canal Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1999
  5. Universal Underwriters Insurance v. American Motorists InsuranceDistrict Court, N.D. Mississippi · 1982

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