Belk v. State Dept. of Public Welfare

473 So.2d 447 (1985)

Otis Lee BELK

v.

STATE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE, State of Mississippi.

No. 55591.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

July 24, 1985.

W. Howard Gunn, Aberdeen, for appellant.

Edwin A. Flint, Jr., Columbus, for appellee.

Before WALKER, P.J., and PRATHER and SULLIVAN, JJ.

SULLIVAN, Justice, for the Court:

This case presents an issue of the interpretation of our statutes and the Mississippi Rules of Civil Procedure as they apply to the sometimes troublesome issue of venue.

The State Department of Public Welfare, under the authority of Mississippi Code Annotated § 43-19-31 (Supp. 1984)…