National Surety Co. v. Lee
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from circuit court of Hinds county. Hon. W. H. Potter, Judge. Action by Dr. C. A. Lee, administrator of tbe estate of Percy L. .Johnson, deceased, against National Surety Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals, with cross-appeal by plaintiff.
1Opinion of the CourtW. H. Cook, J.
This is a suit predicated upon a declaration filed by the appellee, Dr. C. A. Lee, administrator of the estate of Percy L. Johnson, deceased, against the National Surety Company, and is based on a bond executed by the surety company, and from the judgment for the sum of five hundred dollars, the penalty of the bond, the surety company prosecutes this appeal.
Percy L. Johnson was killed by the collision of an automobile in which he was riding and a street car of the Jackson Light & Traction Company, and appellee, as administrator of the estate of the deceased Johnson, sued the traction company…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- New Hampshire Savings Bank v. VarnerCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1914
- Lee v. Jackson Light & Traction Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1919
- Parsons-May-Oberschmidt Co. v. FurrMississippi Supreme Court · 1916