Lee v. Swain Bldg. Materials Co.

Steven E. Lee and his wife Anna T. Lee have appealed from a summary judgment of the Washington County circuit court dismissing their complaint against the defendant Swain Building Materials Company of New Orleans, Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of Mississippi, but with principal place of business in Slidell, Louisiana. The defendant moved for a summary judgment on the grounds that the action was barred by the Louisiana one-year prescriptive statute, and that a dismissal with prejudice of the same cause of action by a Louisiana state court of record deprived the Mississippi…