Plant v. Plant
Mississippi Supreme Court
Erom the chancery court of Lafayette county. Hon. H. C. Conn, Chancellor. The opinion states the case. No wonder that the chancellor, although holding adversely to us, was constrained to admit that the transaction was suspicious. If it was suspicious, it ought to have been set aside.
Read the full summary
Erom the chancery court of Lafayette county. Hon. H. C. Conn, Chancellor. The opinion states the case. No wonder that the chancellor, although holding adversely to us, was constrained to admit that the transaction was suspicious. If it was suspicious, it ought to have been set aside. The natural and just influence which a parent has over a child renders it peculiarly important for courts of justice to watch over and protect the interest of the child, and, therefore, all contracts whereby benefits, are secured by children to parents are objects of jealousy, and if they are not entered into…
1Opinion of the CourtWoods, C. J.
The complainant, the widow of William Plant, a son of the appellee, S. H. Plant, seeks by her bill in this case to set aside the assignment of a policy of insurance for $2,000 on the life of said William Plant, deceased, made by him in October, 1895, to his father, the assignee, because procured by the exercise of undue influence on the part of the father over the son.
It is shown undisputedly that William Plant was never a very strong and healthy man, and that, under the ravages of that dreaded foe to the human race, consumption, for about a year before his death, he had become exceedingly…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Noble's Adm'r v. Moses Bros.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1886
- Simonton v. BaconMississippi Supreme Court · 1873
- Bunch v. ShannonMississippi Supreme Court · 1872
3Cited by1 opinion
- Thomas v. B. Rosenberg & Sons, Inc.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1929