Legal Opinion
Clayton Hinton v. Nate Rolison
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided October 8, 2015No. 2014-CA-00412-SCTPublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LAMAR, Justice, for the Court.
¶ 1. Clayton Hinton invested substantial resources into a used-ear business, including purchasing the inventory on his line of credit. Now he claims that his business partner, Nate Rolison, is keeping profits from that business that should be divided equally. Hinton sued Rolison, seeking what he claims is his rightful share of those profits. Hinton also sought an injunction against the financing company that was paying Rolison some of the disputed profits.
¶ 2. Both Rolison and the financing company filed motions to dismiss. The trial court granted Rolisoris…
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