40 So. 21 | Miss. | 1905
delivered the opinion of the court.
The objection that appellees had no right to sue is perfectly met by the second answer made by the learned counsel for appellees. The policy is for $1,000 only. Under Code 1892, § § 1551, 1965, and the decisions construing these sections, the amount of this policy was prima facie exempt property, inured to the benefit, of the heirs freed from all liability for debts of decedent, and descended to the heirs, forming no part of the estate to be- administered by a personal representative. If there were, other *policies, which, together with this one, aggregated more than $5,000, that was matter of defense which it was incumbent upon appellant to show in the court below. The case of Kitchins v. Harrall, 54 Miss., 474, in no way conflicts with this view. In that case the record affirmatively showed that the
On tbe merits it is sufficient merely to say that tbe testimony of Marx and Lake is in hopeless conflict, and we are not authorized to disturb tbe finding of tbe chancellor on tbe facts.
Affirmed.