Legal Opinion

Lay v. Great Southern Lumber Co.

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided October 15, 1918PublishedCited by 5 opinions

Appeal from the circuit court of Marion county. Hon. H. E. Weathersby, Judge. Suit by W. H. Lay against the Great Southern Lumber Company. From a judgment for defendant, the plaintiff appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court.

1Opinion of the CourtEthridge, J.

The appellant sued the appellee in the circuit court for damages for closing a barber shop rented by the appellant from the appellee, and alleged in his declaration that the appellee in order to maintain and operate its business employed a large number of men in its camps, and in order to accommodate its various employees it owned and maintained a great many houses or ear houses situated on its land and about five miles from Columbia, Miss., and amoung other houses it owned a car house used as a barber shop and from time to time leased or rented to various people said houses and said barber…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Wilson v. WoodMississippi Supreme Court · 1904

3Cited by5 opinions

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  2. Hotel Markham, Inc. v. PattersonMississippi Supreme Court · 1947
  3. Williams v. BarlowMississippi Supreme Court · 1949
  4. Gordon Kleyle v. Myrna Deogracias, Philip Deogracias, and Philip Deogracias d/b/a The Railroad Cafe, LLCCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2021
  5. Turpin v. KruttonArizona Supreme Court · 1936

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