MERVIS v. WOLVERTON

No. 46380.

254 So.2d 775 (1971)

Mrs. Helen Ackerman MERVIS and Samuel I. Rosenberg, Testamentary Executors of the Estate of Leo Mervis and Celia Mervis, d/b/a Housecraft (Formerly a Louisiana Partnership Consisting of Leo Mervis and Celia Mervis) v. Mary Etta WOLVERTON.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied December 13, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

M.M. Roberts, Hattiesburg, for appellants.

Zachary, Weldy & Ingram, Hattiesburg, for appellee.


GILLESPIE, Chief Justice:

The plaintiff, Mary Etta Wolverton, sued Leo Mervis1 and Celia Mervis, Louisiana residents, alleging that defendants were doing business as a partnership under the name of Housecraft; that an agent of defendants entered upon the property of plaintiff and removed asbestos siding from plaintiff's house and negligently left a pile of shingles near plaintiff's back steps; and that plaintiff sustained personal injuries...

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