Equitable Life Assur. Soc. v. Gex' Estate

McGehee J.,

delivered the opinion of the Court.

On February 5, 1936, a suit was filed in the Circuit Court' of Hancock County, Mississippi, entitled “Mrs. Kathryn Gillin v. The Equitable Life Assurance Society,” Cause No. 2303, seeking recovery of certain alleged' total and permanent disability benefits under four insurance policies. The declaration was in as many counts, identical in form, except that the basis for recovery under each count was a separate numbered policy. The plaintiff’s attorneys of record in that suit was the law firm of Gex & Gex of Bay St. Louis, Mississippi.

Prior to the…