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· 10/15/1889

Foote v. Board of Supervisors

Citations

  • 67 Miss. 156

Syllabus

<p>Assignment. Debt due by county. Mandamus to compel issuance of warrant.</p> <p>Although, the holder of a written order on the hoard of supervisors for the issuance of a warrant for part of a debt due by the county for building a bridge, is to that extent the equitable assignee of the debt, he cannot by mandamus compel the board to make an allowance and issue a warrant in his favor for the amount named in the order.</p>

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  • “We accord the usual meaning of the terms and the words in an insurance contract, and we construe them using common sense.”’

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Judges: Campbell

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