Sweet Valley Missionary Baptist Church v. Alfa Insurance Corp.

ROBERTS, J.,

for the Court:

MODIFIED OPINION ON MOTION FOR REHEARING

¶ 1. This case is before us on a motion for rehearing; the original opinion is withdrawn and substituted with this opinion. The question presented is whether a timely filed motion to alter or amend a judgment under Mississippi Rule of Civil Procedure 59(e) tolls the applicable statute of limitations for the purpose of filing a new complaint. In the previous opinion issued by this Court, we agreed with the circuit court that a Rule 59(e) motion did not toll the statute of limitations, and we affirmed the dismissal of Sweet…