Young v. State Life Insurance
Mississippi Supreme Court
From the circuit court of Harrison county. LIon. William H. Hardy, Judge. The State Life Insurance Company, appellee, was plaintiff in the court belqw; Young, appellant, was defendant there. From a judgment in plaintiff’s favor defendant appealed to the supreme court. The suit was on a promissory note given for a premium on a life insurance policy. The opinion of the court states the facts of the case.
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From the circuit court of Harrison county. LIon. William H. Hardy, Judge. The State Life Insurance Company, appellee, was plaintiff in the court belqw; Young, appellant, was defendant there. From a judgment in plaintiff’s favor defendant appealed to the supreme court. The suit was on a promissory note given for a premium on a life insurance policy. The opinion of the court states the facts of the case. As the State Life Insurance Company had not paid the privilege tax required by law, the contract sued on was made in violation of law and was void. 15 Am. & Eng. Ency. Law (2d ed.), 935. Code…
1Opinion of the CourtCalhoon, J.
On May 2, 1906 (note the date particularly), Young, the *714appellant, executed his promissory note payable to the State Life Insurance Company. This note on its face shows that it was given for an extension of the time of payment of his premium on a life' insurance policy. The result of the proceedings was that the court sustained the insurance company’s demurrer to Young’s second plea. This second plea was on the ground that the contract was void, because in violation of law, in that the privilege tax had not been perviously paid by the insurance company. Subsequently the court gave a…
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