Legal Opinion

Bell v. City of Bay St. Louis

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided April 10, 1985No. 54614PublishedCited by 176 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

467 So.2d 657 (1985)

Henrietta W. BELL

v.

CITY OF BAY ST. LOUIS, Mississippi.

No. 54614.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

April 10, 1985.

Wynn E. Clark, Roberts & Clark, John G. Clark, Pascagoula, for appellant.

Joseph W. Gex, Gex, Gex & Phillips, Bay St. Louis, for appellee.

Before PATTERSON, C.J., and DAN M. LEE and ROBERTSON, JJ.

ROBERTSON, Justice, for the Court:

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2Cases cited33 opinions

  1. In Re Murchison.Supreme Court of the United States · 1955
  2. Paymaster Oil Mill Company v. MitchellMississippi Supreme Court · 1975
  3. Mitchell v. CraftMississippi Supreme Court · 1968
  4. City of Jackson v. LocklarMississippi Supreme Court · 1983
  5. Stubblefield v. Jesco, Inc.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1985

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3Cited by176 opinions

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  2. Bell v. ParkerMississippi Supreme Court · 1990
  3. City of Jackson v. PerryMississippi Supreme Court · 2000
  4. Schmitt v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1990
  5. Guaranty Nat. Ins. Co. v. PittmanMississippi Supreme Court · 1987

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