Lyons v. Zale Jewelry Co.
Mississippi Supreme Court
1Opinion of the CourtKyle, J.
This case is before us on appeal hy Mrs. Irene Lyons, plaintiff, from a judgment of the Circuit Court of the First Judicial District of Hinds County, sustaining a demurrer filed by Zale Jewelry Company, defendant, to the plaintiff’s declaration in an action for damages for extreme shock, mental anguish and nervous shock and physical pain and suffering allegedly suffered hy the plaintiff as the result of willful and wanton, vile and abusive language and threats used by the Company’s employee and co-defendant in a telephone conversation with the plaintiff for the purpose of enforcing payment of…
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- Harned v. E-Z Finance Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1953
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