Legal Opinion
D. L. Fair Lumber Co. v. Weems
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided February 14, 1944No. 35358PublishedCited by 51 opinions
1Opinion of the Court 1
On Suggestion oe Error.
2Opinion of the Court · McGeheeMcGehee, J.
The appellee, Weems, recovered a judgment in the court below against the appellant, D. L. Fair Lumber Company, and one James Willis, for the sum of $400 actual damages and $700 punitive damages, and from which judgment the lumber company alone has prosecuted this appeal.
On a former day of the term we reversed and remanded the cause for the assessment of actual damages only, the majority of the judges being then of the opinion that punitive damages should not have been awarded as against the D. L. Fair Lumber Co.
Upon a reconsideration of the case the court has concluded…
3Cases cited7 opinions
- United States v. BostwickSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
- Hood v. MoffettMississippi Supreme Court · 1915
- American Ry. Express Co. v. BaileyMississippi Supreme Court · 1926
- Powell v. Dayton, Sheridan & Grand Ronde R. R.Oregon Supreme Court · 1888
- New Orleans, Jackson, & Great Northern Railroad v. BaileyMississippi Supreme Court · 1866
2 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.
4Cited by51 opinions
- Pilot Life Insurance v. DedeauxSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Standard Life Ins. Co. of Indiana v. VealMississippi Supreme Court · 1977
- Bankers Life & Cas. Co. v. CrenshawMississippi Supreme Court · 1985
- State Farm Fire and Cas. Co. v. SimpsonMississippi Supreme Court · 1985
- Embrey v. HollyCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1982
46 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.