Mobley v. Harmon

Robert L. Brown, Justice.

The appellants, Jeff Mobley and William F. Smith, raise multiple points in their appeal from a judgment for attorney’s fees in favor of appellee John T. Harmon. The appellees/cross-appellants, Ray Lee Robinson, Robert I. Darr, and James A. Hatcher, also bring a cross-appeal conditioned upon our reversal of the chancery court’s order. We affirm the chancery court in this case; the cross appeal is therefore moot.

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