Legal Opinion
Avant v. Whitten
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided October 11, 1971No. 46299PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
253 So.2d 394 (1971)
Eddie Mae AVANT
v.
Edward WHITTEN.
No. 46299.
Supreme Court of Mississippi.
October 11, 1971.
Rehearing Denied November 1, 1971.
Ted Lucas Smith, Batesville, for appellant.
Garner, Whitten, May & Garner, Jon B. Love, Hernando, for appellee.
SMITH, Justice:
Eddie Mae Avant was complainant and Edward Lee Whitten, appellee, was defendant, in a suit filed by her in the Chancery Court of the First Judicial District of Panola County. From a decree dismissing her bill, she has appealed.
The case involves the validity of an attorney's contingent fee contract, conditioned upon obtaining a…
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