Cooper v. Lawson

264 So.2d 890 (1972)

Mary Ann COOPER

v.

R.C. LAWSON.

No. 46552.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

July 3, 1972.

McKoin, Zinner, Hawkins & Johnson, Biloxi, for appellant.

Page & Peresich, Biloxi, for appellee.

SUGG, Justice:

This appeal is from the Circuit Court of the Second Judicial District of Harrison County, Mississippi from a jury verdict for the defendant. Appellant sued for damages for breach of a contract based on the failure of appellee to complete repairs in a workmanlike manner on a house which appellant agreed to purchase from the appellee within the 45-day period provided for in the contract,…