Legal Opinion

Loflin v. Thornton

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided March 4, 1981No. 52395PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

394 So.2d 905 (1981)

Frank W. LOFLIN, d/b/a Loflin Enterprises

v.

Tetta THORNTON.

No. 52395.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

March 4, 1981.

Rehearing Denied March 18, 1981.

John H. Downey, Wells, Downey & Wicker, Jackson, for appellant.

Paul D. Snow, III, Jackson, for appellee.

Before SMITH, P.J., and LEE and HAWKINS, JJ.

LEE, Justice, for the Court:

Tetta Thornton obtained a verdict in the Circuit Court of the First Judicial District of Hinds County, Honorable Charles T. Barber, presiding, in the sum of fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000). The lower court ordered a remittitur in the sum of seventy-five…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Paymaster Oil Mill Company v. MitchellMississippi Supreme Court · 1975
  2. Southern Pine Electric Power Ass'n. v. DensonMississippi Supreme Court · 1952
  3. Rich v. SwalmMississippi Supreme Court · 1931
  4. Jones v. MillsapsMississippi Supreme Court · 1893
  5. McDonald v. Wilmut Gas & Oil Co.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1937

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. O'CAIN v. Harvey Freeman and Sons, Inc.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1991
  2. Cappaert v. JunkerMississippi Supreme Court · 1982
  3. Williams v. Briggs Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1995
  4. DEPOSIT GUAR. NAT. BANK v. CottenMississippi Supreme Court · 1982
  5. Kirkley v. FORREST COUNTY GENERAL HOSP.Court of Appeals of Mississippi · 2008

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