Legal Opinion
Beck v. Goodwin
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided September 26, 1984No. 54373PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SUGG, Retired Supreme Court Justice, for the Court:1
Appellants filed suit in the Circuit Court, Second Judicial District of Harrison County, on September 17, 1980, for breach of contract and alleged that the bank, through its chief executive officer Goodwin, agreed to finance appellants’ used car business but failed to do so.
The appellees filed separate answers and incorporated in their answers a general demurrer. They also filed a plea in bar based on the statute of frauds, and alleged that the contract, if any, was an oral agreement not to be performed within the space of 15 months.
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2Cases cited7 opinions
- Erwin v. ErwinSupreme Court of Alabama · 1854
- First Am. Nat. Bank of Iuka v. Alcorn, Inc.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1978
- First Money, Inc. v. FrisbyMississippi Supreme Court · 1979
- Gafford v. Proskauer & Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1877
- Farmers Gas Company v. LaHayeLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1967
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3Cited by5 opinions
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- Morgan v. Trustmark National BankCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2012
- Patton v. State Bank & Trust Co.Court of Appeals of Mississippi · 2006
- ACS Const Co Inc v. General Power CorpCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1999
- Massengill v. Guardian Management Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1994