McGee v. Clark

LEE, Justice,

for the Court:

ON MOTION FOR FIVE PERCENT (5%) DAMAGES PURSUANT TO MISSISSIPPI CODE ANNOTATED SECTION 11-3-23 (1972)

The decree of the Chancery Court of Washington County ordering specific performance of an option contract involving land valued at three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000) was affirmed by this Court on March 16, 1977 [McGee v. Clark, 343 So.2d 486 (Miss.1977)]. Appellees have filed a motion for the awarding of damages as set out in our Rule 19.

Mississippi Code Annotated Section 11-3-23 (1972) provides for damages on certain judgments and covers five (5) categories…