Mladinich v. Kohn

186 So.2d 481 (1966)

John MLADINICH et al.

v.

Aaron KOHN.

No. 43987.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

May 9, 1966.

Morse & Morse, Gulfport, for appellants.

Mize, Thompson & Mize, Virgil Gillespie, Gulfport, Guste, Barnett & Little, M. Hepburn Many, New Orleans, La., for appellee.

ETHRIDGE, Chief Justice:

This case involves the question of whether Mississippi's 1964 long-arm, jurisdictional statute should be applied retrospectively to a tort committed before its effective date. We hold that it does not reflect clearly a legislative intent to be retrospective, but on the contrary a purpose that it be…