Potter v. Fidelity & Deposit Co.
Mississippi Supreme Court
Apeal from the chancery, court of Hinds county. Hon. Gr. Gr. Lyell, Chancellor. Suit by the Fidelity & Deposit Company of Maryland against W. H. Potter and another, receiver of the Mississippi Bank & Trust Company. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. Counsel on both sides filed very able and extended briefs but too long for publication.
1Opinion of the CourtMayes, C. J.
This controversy arises under the state depository law, and the question involved is easily stated. In 1908 the legislature enacted a law providing for the establishment of state depositories. See Ch. 96, p. 77, Laws of 1908. Sec. 2, Ch. 96, of the Laws of 1908, was amended by Ch. 224, p. 223, of the Laws of 1910; but the amendment made has no bearing on the questions involved here. We shall'not set out the legislative act in this opinion, since it will be easily accessible to the reader. This law creating state depositories was new in our jurisprudence at the time of the passage of the act,…
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