Jim Walter Corp. & Mid-State Homes, Inc. v. Gates

BOWLING, Justice,

for the Court:

Appellants, Jim Walter Corporation and Mid-State Homes, Inc., complainants below, appeal from an adverse decree of the Chancery Court of Lee County. We reverse and enter judgment here.

Appellants originally filed their cause of action in the Circuit Court of Lee County pursuant to the provisions of Mississippi Code Annotated section 11-38 — 1, et seq. (1972). On motion of appellees the cause was removed to the chancery court and the pleadings were reformed to meet chancery court procedures.

According to the allegations of the bill of complaint, appellant, Jim…