Brent v. Cox

246 So.2d 552 (1971)

Gordon BRENT, et al.

v.

Frank COX, et al.

No. 46147.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

March 29, 1971.

James B. Everett, Decatur, Henry, Barbour & DeCell, William H. Barbour, Jr., Yazoo City, for appellants.

A.B. Amis, Newton, O.B. Triplett, Jr., Forest, for appellees.

HARPER, Justice:

This is an appeal from the Chancery Court of Newton County, Mississippi, awarding the appellees compensatory damages in the amount of $1,900 and punitive damages in the amount of $1,800. The suit began as an attachment in chancery charging the appellants with trespass of lands held by the appellees under…