Legal Opinion

Lane-Lott v. White

Court of Appeals of Mississippi

Decided December 3, 2013No. 2012-CA-01033-COAPublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MAXWELL, J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. This appeal involves the mysterious disappearance and mistaken identity of a horse. Claiming she had not received the pregnant quarter horse she had bargained for, Laura Lane-Lott sued the man with whom she had traded her horse, as well as the two people who brokered the trade.

¶ 2. The circuit court dismissed her claims for fraud and damages under the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) at the close of her presentation of the evidence. After review, we find the circuit court reached the right result, but for a slightly different reason than cited by the judge.

¶ 3. The…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Franklin v. Lovitt Equipment Co., Inc.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1982
  2. Stewart v. Merchants Nat. BankMississippi Supreme Court · 1997
  3. Townsend v. TownsendMississippi Supreme Court · 2003
  4. Riegel v. American Life Ins.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1893
  5. Bert Allen Toyota, Inc. v. GraszCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2005

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3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Joe Michael Coleman v. Thomas McKinney Coleman and Larry Redell Coleman, By and Through His Conservator, Greg YoungerCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2021
  2. John Wilkaitis, M.D. v. Mississippi Children's Home Society d/b/a Canopy Children's SolutionsCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2021

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