Meacham v. Pinson
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the Chancery Court of Marshall County. Hon. A. B. Fly, Chancellor. A statement of the case will be found in the opinion of the court. 1. The question presented in this case was decided in the case of the Bank of Holly Springs v. Pinson, 58 Miss. 421 ; or if not so decided it was the fault of Mrs. Pinson.
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Appeal from the Chancery Court of Marshall County. Hon. A. B. Fly, Chancellor. A statement of the case will be found in the opinion of the court. 1. The question presented in this case was decided in the case of the Bank of Holly Springs v. Pinson, 58 Miss. 421 ; or if not so decided it was the fault of Mrs. Pinson. She sued the bank in the Circuit Court, and recovered against it the full amount of her debt and interest, as evidenced by the note of Crump & Co. The same note provided, on its face, for the payment of the attorneys’ fees by Crump & Co., as much so, as it did for the payment of…
1Opinion of the CourtChalmers, J.
Crump & Co. executed to Mrs. Pinson their note for $6,000 of borrowed money, embracing in it a stipulation to pay all attorneys’ fees and costs expended in collecting it, and depositing, as collateral security, certificates of stock in the Holly Springs Savings Bank of the face value of $8,000. The debtors having died without making payment, Mrs. Pinson demanded of the bank a transfer to herself on its books of the stock, which was by the bank refused, on the ground that Crump & Co. were indebted to it in the sum of $6,000, and that, by its by-laws, the bank had a lien on the stock superior…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Bank of Holly Springs v. PinsonMississippi Supreme Court · 1880
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