Legal Opinion
Berry v. Hinds County
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided March 30, 1977No. 49135PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
344 So.2d 146 (1977)
Judy BERRY and Donald A. Berry
v.
HINDS COUNTY, Mississippi.
No. 49135.
Supreme Court of Mississippi.
March 30, 1977.
Young, Scanlon & Sessums, Pat H. Scanlon, Brad Sessums, Jackson, for appellants.
Watkins & Eager, Thomas H. Watkins, John M. Putnam, Jackson, for appellee.
Before PATTERSON, ROBERTSON and BROOM, JJ.
ROBERTSON, Justice:
This suit involves the doctrine of governmental immunity of a county from suit.
Suit was brought by Judy and Donald A. Berry against Hinds County, Mississippi, in the Circuit Court of the First Judicial District of Hinds County, to recover damages for…
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