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HOLMES CTY. BANK & TR. v. STAPLE COTTON CO-OP.

No. 55879.

495 So.2d 447 (1986)

HOLMES COUNTY BANK AND TRUST COMPANY, Executor of the Estate of Perry Strickland, Deceased v. STAPLE COTTON COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied October 29, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pat M. Barrett, Jr., Barrett, Barrett, Barrett & Patton, Lexington, for appellant.

Arnold F. Gwin, Greenwood, for appellee.

Before HAWKINS, P.J., and ROBERTSON and GRIFFIN, JJ.

GRIFFIN, Justice, for the Court:

In March, 1984, the plaintiff/appellant Perry Strickland obtained a jury verdict for personal injuries against the defendant/appellee, Staple Cotton Cooperative Association, in the Circuit Court of Leflore County in the sum of $200,000.00.

On appellee's motion for a new trial, the trial court found the damages awarded to be against the great and overwhelming weight of the evidence and so excessive as to be the result of bias...

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