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BRENT v. COX

No. 46147.

246 So.2d 552 (1971)

Gordon BRENT, et al. v. Frank COX, et al.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

March 29, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James B. Everett, Decatur, Henry, Barbour & DeCell, William H. Barbour, Jr., Yazoo City, for appellants.

A.B. Amis, Newton, O.B. Triplett, Jr., Forest, for appellees.

HARPER, Justice:

This is an appeal from the Chancery Court of Newton County, Mississippi, awarding the appellees compensatory damages in the amount of $1,900 and punitive damages in the amount of $1,800. The suit began as an attachment in chancery charging the appellants with trespass of lands held by the appellees under lease with resulting damages occasioned by the trespass. A joint answer was filed on behalf of appellants, Oliver Tann and Leland Irby, and a joint...

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