Adams v. Williams
Mississippi Supreme Court
Erom the chancery court of, second district, Coahoma county. Hon. Manuel E. Denton, Chancellor. Adams, state revenue agent, appellant, was complainant in the court below; Williams, former treasurer of the board of levee commissioners, and the Aetna Indemnity Company of Hartford, Connecticut, appellees, were defendants there.
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Erom the chancery court of, second district, Coahoma county. Hon. Manuel E. Denton, Chancellor. Adams, state revenue agent, appellant, was complainant in the court below; Williams, former treasurer of the board of levee commissioners, and the Aetna Indemnity Company of Hartford, Connecticut, appellees, were defendants there. Erom a decree sustaining separate demurrers of the defendants to the bill of complaint and dismissing the suit, complainant appealed to the supreme court. The opinion of the court states the facts. Section 161 of the Constitution of the state of Mississippi provides that…
1Opinion of the Court
Whitfield, C.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
The facts in this case are as follows: P. I. Williams was duly elected secretary and treasurer of the board of levee commissioners for the Yazoo-Mississippi delta levee district, on the 13th day of March, 1906, and thereafter on the 17th day of May, 1906, the said Williams qualified to act as such treasurer in the following manner, to wit: The said P. I. Williams applied to the iEtna Indemnity Company of Hartford, Conn., to become surety for him on his official bond, which the indemnity company did. The condition of said bond, amongst other…
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