Legal Opinion
Welford v. Dickerson
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided April 27, 1988No. 57594PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
524 So.2d 331 (1988)
Ruby WELFORD, Maylean Welford Pridgen, and Herman Pridgen
v.
James DICKERSON, et al.
No. 57594.
Supreme Court of Mississippi.
April 27, 1988.
Darryl A. Hurt, Hurt & Hurt, Lucedale, for appellants.
A. Malcolm N. Murphy, Lucedale, for appellees.
Before HAWKINS, P.J., and PRATHER and SULLIVAN, JJ.
HAWKINS, Presiding Justice, for the Court:
From an award of attorney's fees to the Dickerson family in a slander of title action brought in chancery court of Greene County, Mrs. Ruby Welford and Herman and Maylean Pridgen appeal, asserting that attorney's fees are not an element of damages in…
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