WHITE v. McRAE

No. 51759.

380 So.2d 1390 (1980)

Jerry Blaine WHITE, Sr. v. Charles R. McRAE.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

March 19, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bryan, Nelson, Allen & Schroeder, John W. Chapman, Pascagoula, for appellant.

Gibbes, Graves, Mullins, Bullock & Ferris, Ernest W. Graves, Laurel, Dixon L. Pyles, Jackson, for appellee.

Before PATTERSON, C.J., and BROOM and COFER, JJ.


PATTERSON, Chief Justice, for the Court:

In the Circuit Court of Jackson County, Jerry Blaine White, Sr. filed a declaration alleging that Charles McRae negligently permitted the statute of limitations to run on a workmen's compensation claim entrusted to him as attorney for White. McRae answered, denying professional malpractice counterclaimed for malicious prosecution, and later moved to dismiss the declaration. The court below granted the motion to dismiss, reasoning...

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