RATLIFF v. RATLIFF

No. 57240.

500 So.2d 981 (1986)

Frederick W. RATLIFF, Jr. v. Martha Chadwick RATLIFF.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied February 4, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Robbins, II, Brandon, for appellant.

Lester F. Smith, Robert L. McArty, Perry, Morrison & Smith, Jackson, for appellee.

Before WALKER, C.J., and DAN M. LEE and SULLIVAN, JJ.


SULLIVAN, Justice, for the Court:

Mr. Ratliff sought to modify a prior decree of the Chancery Court of the First Judicial District of Hinds County, Mississippi. Mrs. Ratliff filed a motion for summary judgment which she did not support by affidavit or discovery material.

The chancellor improvidently granted the motion for summary judgment. A motion for summary judgment unsupported by affidavit or other sworn statements should not be sustained. Miss.R.Civ.P...

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