Legal Opinion
American Family Life Assurance of Columbus v. Ellison
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided February 19, 2009No. 2007-IA-01610-SCTPublished
1Opinion of the Court
4 So.3d 1049 (2009)
AMERICAN FAMILY LIFE ASSURANCE OF COLUMBUS
v.
Virgil ELLISON.
No. 2007-IA-01610-SCT.
Supreme Court of Mississippi.
February 19, 2009.
Scott Timothy Ellzey, James Grady Wyly, III, Michael Franklin Held, Gulfport, attorneys for appellant.
Eugene Coursey Tullos, attorney for appellee.
EN BANC.
DICKINSON, Justice, for the Court.
¶ 1. In this venue case, the question presented is whether the trial court abused its discretion when it denied the defendant's motion to transfer venue to Rankin County. Because we conclude that venue is proper only in Rankin County, we reverse.
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