Lloyd v. Bank of the South

BANKS, Presiding Justice,

for the Court:

¶ 1. Here we confront whether Miss. Code Ann. § 15-1-43 (1995) requires that judgments of any court of record of this state be renewed in the court of venue or the court of original judgment. The Hinds County Circuit Court twice renewed a 1985 judgment originally entered by the Chancery Court of Copiah County against Edgar C. Lloyd, who now challenges that court’s jurisdiction to do so. Concluding that either court may renew the judgment, we affirm the judgment of the circuit court.

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¶ 2. On July 16, 1985, the Chancery Court of Copiah County issued an…