Enochs v. Mississippi Bank & Trust Co.
Mississippi Supreme Court
From the chancery court of, first district, Iiinds county. ITon. Bobbrt B. Mayes, Chancellor. The Mississippi Bank & Trust Company, the appellee, was complainant in the court below; Enochs, the appellant, and others, were defendants there. From a decree overruling a demurrer to the bill of complaint, Enochs, one of the defendants, appealed to the supreme court. The opinion of the court states the facts.
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From the chancery court of, first district, Iiinds county. ITon. Bobbrt B. Mayes, Chancellor. The Mississippi Bank & Trust Company, the appellee, was complainant in the court below; Enochs, the appellant, and others, were defendants there. From a decree overruling a demurrer to the bill of complaint, Enochs, one of the defendants, appealed to the supreme court. The opinion of the court states the facts. The sole support that the complainant relies upon is the decision of this court in Mississippi Compress Go. v. Levy, 83 Miss., 774 (s.c., 36 South. Bep., 281), but this case and the Levy case…
1Opinion of the Court
Whitfield, O. J.,
delivered tbe opinion of tbe court.
Tbe case made by the amended bill is substantially this: That Enochs took out a life-insurance policy in the New York Life Insurance Company; that he had at the time a previous policy -in said company; that the defendant Mims negotiated this contract of insurance, and received a premium note of $903 for the same, and transmitted the same to the home office of the company at New York; that upon its reception it was discovered that there was a discrepancy between the application in this case and the previQus application as to the age of…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Mississippi Compress & Warehouse Co. v. LevyMississippi Supreme Court · 1903