Rives v. Peterson

493 So.2d 316 (1986)

Mary George RIVES

v.

Jimmy PETERSON, d/b/a Peterson's Construction Co.

No. 56307.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

July 30, 1986.

Rehearing Denied September 17, 1986.

Ross F. Bass, Jr., Julie L. Sneed, Jones, Mockbee, Bass & Hodge, Jackson, for appellant.

Niles McNeel, Louisville, for appellee.

Before WALKER, C.J., and PRATHER and ANDERSON, JJ.

ANDERSON, Justice, for the Court:

This appeal from the Circuit Court of Winston County involves not only a business dispute but a family quarrel. Mrs. Rives made an oral agreement with her first cousin, Jimmy Peterson, to perform extensive…