PROTECTIVE SERVICE LIFE INS. CO. v. CARTER

No. 53968.

445 So.2d 215 (1983)

PROTECTIVE SERVICE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY v. Alvin CARTER, D/B/A Carter Funeral Home and Valley Life Insurance Company.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied February 15, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Erwin C. Ward, David M. Robinson, Stennett, Wilkinson & Ward, Jackson, Dewitt Hicks, Gholson, Hicks & Nichols, Columbus, for appellant.

Bennie L. Turner, Walker & Turner, A.M. Edwards, Jr., Edwards, Storey & Helveston, West Point, for appellee.

Before BROOM, P.J., and HAWKINS and DAN M. LEE, JJ.


DAN M. LEE, Justice, for the Court:

This is an appeal from the Chancery Court of Clay County pursuant to Mississippi Code Annotated section 11-1-17 (1972) which allowed an appeal to be taken directly to this Court upon the trial court's failure to enter a final decree within six months after a matter is taken under advisement or deferment. This case was taken under advisement by the chancellor on March 16, 1981, and no final decree was issued. On March 2, 1982, the...

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