Railway Exp. Agency v. Hollingsworth
Decision Date | 15 November 1954 |
Docket Number | No. 39272,39272 |
Parties | RAILWAY EXPRESS AGENCY v. Mrs. Christine W. HOLLINGSWORTH et al. |
Court | Mississippi Supreme Court |
Byrd, Wise & Smith, Jackson, for appellant.
Travis & Moore, Jackson, for appellee.
In Mills v. Jones Estate, 213 Miss. 680, 56 So.2d 488, 57 So.2d 496, in refusing the allowance of damages of 5%, the Court said:
In Stephens v. Moore, 215 Miss. 3, 60 So.2d 391, again in declining to assess damages of 5% the Court said: 'The lower court adjudged liability but did not render a money judgment.'
Subsequently in Jackson v. Fly, 215 Miss. 303, 311, 60 So.2d 782, 63 So.2d 536, and M. T. Reed Construction Company v. Martin, 215 Miss. 472, 478, 61 So.2d 300, 63 So.2d 528, 532, damages in the amount of 5% on the total amount of weekly installments accrued and unpaid to the date of affirmance here were allowed. It is true that, in those cases, the actual amount of the weekly installments was specifically stated in the orders of the Commission.
This question is recurring from time to time, an it has been maturely considered in conference by all of the Judges, with the following conclusion: Since the wages of the decedent were shown, and the commission awarded to the claimants, the widow and children in this instance, the benefits provided by subdivision (c), Section 9, Chapter 354, Laws of 1948, the amount of the award was in fact made certain and specific. The exact dollars and cents were determinable by a simple mathematical calculation; and it can truly be said that the judgment was affirmed 'for a sum of money,' and that 'damages shall be upon such sum' as provided by Section 1971, Code of 1942. This is also in accordance with Section 20, Chapter 354, Laws of 1948, Section 10, Chapter 412, Laws of 1950.
If Mills v. Jones Estate, supra, and Stephens v. Moore, supra, are in conflict with what is now determined, they are, to that extent, overruled.
Hence the damages in the amount of 5% are allowed on the total amount of weekly installments accrued and unpaid from the date of the order of the commission, to wit: September 12, 1953, to the date of the judgment of affirmance here. Interest thereon at 6% per annum follows as a matter of...
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