Smith v. Smith

349 So.2d 529 (1977)

James Rogers SMITH, III

v.

Stephanie Cortner SMITH.

No. 49500.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

August 31, 1977.

Jacobs, Griffith & Povall, Charles C. Jacobs, Jr., Cleveland, for appellant.

John L. Hatcher, Hatcher & Westerfield, Cleveland, for appellee.

Before PATTERSON, C.J., SUGG and BROOM, JJ., and NEVILLE, C.

WILLIAM NEVILLE, Commissioner, for the Court:[1]

This matter was tried in the Second Judicial District Chancery Court of Bolivar County upon petition of Stephanie Cortner Smith (appellee) for injunctive relief and modification of a prior decree, et cetera, and upon the answer…