Legal Opinion
Camp v. Stokes
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided July 29, 2010No. 2008-CT-01076-SCTPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI
DICKINSON, Justice, for the Court:
¶ 1. Successful defendants in a trespass-to-timber suit sought statutory 1 attorney fees and expert-witness fees. The trial court held the statute did not apply to successful defendants, and the Court of Appeals affirmed the decision. 2 We granted certiorari, and now reverse.
BACKGROUND FACTS & PROCEDURAL HISTORY
¶ 2. The Court of Appeals provided the following succinct recitation of the background facts:
Clint Stokes filed a complaint in the Chancery Court of Monroe County against two brothers, Curley Camp (Curley) and Howard Camp (Howard),…
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