Home Ins v. Hartshorn
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from chancery court of Leflore county. Hon. G. Ed Williams, Chancellor. Action by the Tallahatchie Compress & Storage Company against the Home Insurance Company, in which the defendant filed a cross-bill against Mrs. J. B. Hartshorn. From decree sustaining demurrer to cross-bill, defendant appeals.
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Appeal from chancery court of Leflore county. Hon. G. Ed Williams, Chancellor. Action by the Tallahatchie Compress & Storage Company against the Home Insurance Company, in which the defendant filed a cross-bill against Mrs. J. B. Hartshorn. From decree sustaining demurrer to cross-bill, defendant appeals. The fourth ground of demurrer was the principal one relied on by the appellee, and inasmuch as the main argument in the instant case will revolve around this ground, we will repeat same: “Because the cross-bill shows that any claim that cross-complainant (appellant) may have had to the money…
1Opinion of the Court
Smith, C. J.,
delivered, the opinion of the court.
This is an appeal to settle the principles of the case from a decree sustaining a demurrer to a cross-bill. The Tallahatchie Compress & Storage Company filed an original bill, in which it alleges in substance that the appellee has recovered a judgment against it for thirteen thousand, one hundred and ninety-one dollars and fifty-four cents for the destruction of certain cotton by fire while stored in the complainant’s compress and owned by the appellee; that the appellant, the Home Insurance Company, claims to be entitled to a portion of the…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Phœnix Insurance v. Erie & Western Transportation Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Tallahatchie Compress & Storage Co. v. HartshornMississippi Supreme Court · 1921
- Fire Ass'n v. SchellengerSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1915
- Freed v. American Fire InsuranceMississippi Supreme Court · 1907
- Page v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1910
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- Fireman's Fund Insurance v. ThomasCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1934
- Hardware Mut. Ins. Co. v. DunwoodyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1952
- Employers Insurance of Wausau v. DunawayDistrict Court, S.D. Mississippi · 1986
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