Legal Opinion

Hicks v. Thomas

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided December 2, 1987No. 57293PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

516 So.2d 1344 (1987)

Jimmy HICKS

v.

Billy A. THOMAS and Billy Daniels.

No. 57293.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

December 2, 1987.

Jim Waide, Estes & Waide, Tupelo, for appellants.

Stephen L. Livingston, New Albany, Gene Barton, Tupelo, for appellee.

Before ROY NOBLE LEE, C.J., and ROBERTSON and GRIFFIN, JJ.

ROBERTSON, Justice, for the Court:

I

This is a case about a truck, a used one, at that. The dispute over who owns it has generated lawyer verve and versatility for in excess of any value the truck may have. In the end we vindicate our title law; the holder of the certificate of title gets the truck.…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Keyes v. Guy Bailey Homes, Inc.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1983
  2. Universal C.I.T. Credit Corp. v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1973
  3. Atwood Chev.-Olds v. Aberdeen Mun. Sch. Dist.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1983
  4. Nationwide Ins. Co. v. BANK OF FOREST, ETC.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1979
  5. Brunswick-Balke-Collender Co. v. MurphyMississippi Supreme Court · 1906

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Journal Pub. Co. v. McCulloughMississippi Supreme Court · 1999
  2. ST. PAUL PROPERTY & LIABILITY v. NanceMississippi Supreme Court · 1991
  3. Hosford v. McKissackMississippi Supreme Court · 1991
  4. Mullen v. Green Tree Financial Corp.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1998
  5. May v. Ralph L. Dickerson Const. Corp.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1990

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