Pratt v. Sessums
Mississippi Supreme Court
1Opinion of the Court
DICKINSON, Justice,
for the Court.
¶ 1. This case involves an award of costs and attorneys’ fees pursuant to the Mississippi Litigation Accountability Act. Because the record contains insufficient evidence to analyze Pratt’s arguments, the award is affirmed.
FACTS
¶ 2. In 2003, Sylvia Sessums brought suit against Tony Pratt seeking to overturn the results of the election for Washington County District Three Constable. Following discovery (which included Pratt’s denial of certain requests for admission propounded by Sessums), the trial court granted Sessums’s motion for summary judgment. The trial…
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