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86 Miss. 261

Lyons v. Solomon S. Steele & Co.

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided April 15, 1905

Mississippi Supreme Court · decided 1905-04-15

Feom tbe circuit court of Leflore county. HoN. J. T. DuNN, Judge. Lyons and another, appellants, were plaintiffs in tbe court below; Steele and others, composing tbe copartnership of Richardson & Co., were defendants there. Lyons and others recovered judgment against the defendant, Richardson & Co. Steele, one of the defendants, with others afterwards formed a corporation under the name “Solomon S. Steele & Co.,” for the purpose of engaging in the insurance business.

Cited by 2 later decisions — most recently August 1931

1 district · 1 state decisions

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Decided 1905-04-15

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Tbuly, J.,

¶1delivered the opinion of the court.

¶2This case is controlled by the cases of Yale v. Taylor, 63 Miss., 598; Willis v. Memphis Grocery Co., 19 South. Rep., 101. Code 1892, § 4234, has no reference to a person transacting business solely as an insurance agent. The office furniture and fixtures used in such insurance business are not subject to the provisions of that section.

¶3'Affk'med.

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