Legal Opinion
Purvis v. Purvis
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided April 27, 1995No. 92-KA-1063PublishedCited by 68 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
657 So.2d 794 (1994)
Sammy R. PURVIS
v.
Roberta E. Ramsey PURVIS.
No. 92-KA-1063.
Supreme Court of Mississippi.
March 31, 1994.
Opinion Granting Rehearing April 27, 1995.
Stephen L. Beach, III, Beach Luckett & Ross, Jackson, for appellant.
No brief filed for appellee.
Before PRATHER, P.J., and SULLIVAN and JAMES L. ROBERTS, Jr., JJ.
EN BANC
ON PETITION FOR REHEARING
[Filed April 27, 1995]
SULLIVAN, Justice, for the Court:
During his divorce proceedings, Sammy Purvis filed a pro se motion seeking recusal of the chancellor. When Purvis failed to bring the motion on for hearing, the court did so on its own…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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- Caldwell v. CaldwellMississippi Supreme Court · 1991
- In Re Murray StewartCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
- Common Cause of Mississippi v. SmithMississippi Supreme Court · 1989
- Premeaux v. SmithMississippi Supreme Court · 1990
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3Cited by68 opinions
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