Legal Opinion

Dorris v. Carr

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided April 27, 1976No. 48507PublishedCited by 36 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

330 So.2d 872 (1976)

Russell DORRIS

v.

William W. CARR, a minor, by father and next friend, C. A. Carr.

No. 48507.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

April 27, 1976.

Rehearing Denied May 18, 1976.

Daniel, Coker, Horton, Bell & Dukes, Jackson, for appellant.

Michael J. Malouf, Jackson, for appellee.

Before PATTERSON, P.J., and ROBERTSON and SUGG, JJ.

ROBERTSON, Justice, for the Court:

The principal question involved in this appeal is the scope of review when there is an appeal from the action of a trial judge in granting a new trial unless the defendant enters an additur.

Suit was filed in the Circuit Court of…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. New Orleans, Jackson, & Great Northern Railroad v. HurstMississippi Supreme Court · 1859
  2. Rayner v. LindseyMississippi Supreme Court · 1962
  3. S. & F. Dorr & Co. v. WatsonMississippi Supreme Court · 1854
  4. Houston v. PageMississippi Supreme Court · 1968

3Cited by36 opinions

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