Fidelity & Deposit Co. v. Wilkinson County
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the chancery court of Wilkinson county. Hon. B-. W. Cutres,, Chancellor. Suit by Wilkinson county against the Fidelity & Deposit Company of Maryland and others on bonds securing moneys deposited in the Citizens’ Bank as a county depository. From the decree entered, the Alabama Fidelity & Casualty Company and another appeal, and the Fidelity & Deposit Company of Maryland and the receiver of the Citizens’ Bank and others cross-appeal.
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Appeal from the chancery court of Wilkinson county. Hon. B-. W. Cutres,, Chancellor. Suit by Wilkinson county against the Fidelity & Deposit Company of Maryland and others on bonds securing moneys deposited in the Citizens’ Bank as a county depository. From the decree entered, the Alabama Fidelity & Casualty Company and another appeal, and the Fidelity & Deposit Company of Maryland and the receiver of the Citizens’ Bank and others cross-appeal. Appeal by certain surety companies from a decree in favor of Wilkinson county for money of' said county deposited in the Citizens’ Bank, as a county…
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, C. J.
This is the second appearance of this case in this court; the first appeal being reported in 6é So. 157.
In 1912 the Citizens’ Bank of Wilkinson county was appointed one of the depositories for the county of Wilkinson, and executed to the county three bonds aggregating the sum of sixteen thousand, five hundred'dollars in the following amounts: Fidelity & Deposit Company of Maryland, five thousand dollars; Southwestern Surety Insurance Company, five thousand dollars; National Surety Company, six thousand, five hundred dollars. On the first Monday in January, 1913, it was again appointed county…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Fidelity Mutual Life Ass'n v. MettlerSupreme Court of the United States · 1902
- Potter v. Fidelity & Deposit Co.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1911
- Powell v. Board of SupervisorsMississippi Supreme Court · 1914
- Richardson v. DumasMississippi Supreme Court · 1914
- Howie v. BondsMississippi Supreme Court · 1905
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- Equitable Surety Co. v. Board of FinanceIndiana Supreme Court · 1917
- County Court of Calhoun County v. MathewsWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1925
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