Bullard v. Morris

ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF MANDAMUS

This extraordinary writ seeks relief under Mississippi Supreme Court Rule 21(a) to review action of a trial court "outside the ambit of the normal appellate practice." Mississippi Supreme Court Practice, Munford, On Point Press. The petition alleges a failure of the Chancery Judges of Harrison County to grant an uncontested irreconcilable divorce without personal appearance of a party or of an attorney.

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Jerry Bullard and his wife, Lanita Bullard, filed a joint complaint for divorce, pro se, in the Chancery Court of Harrison County. The Complaint alleges that…