Legal Opinion

Davis v. Holmes

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided October 14, 1940No. 34242PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtGriffith, J.

Appellant had contracted to purchase the lot and the two-story brick residence located thereon at the corner of Delaware Avenue and Sixth Street in the City of McComb. Appellee owns and occupies a commodious and well-kept residence immediately adjoining on the west, the two residences being’ separated by a distance of less than fifty feet. Appellant’s purpose and plan in acquiring the corner lot residence aforesaid was to establish and conduct therein the business of an undertaker, generally called in this record a funeral home.

Upon learning of this purpose appellee objected, and being…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Tureman v. KetterlinSupreme Court of Missouri · 1924
  2. Williams v. MontgomeryMississippi Supreme Court · 1939

3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Jack v. TorrantSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1950
  2. Frederick v. Brown Funeral Homes, Inc.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1952
  3. Smith v. FairchildMississippi Supreme Court · 1942
  4. Brown v. ArbuckleCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1948
  5. Leffen v. Hurlbut-Glover Mortuary, Inc.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1953

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