TRICON METALS & SERVICES, INC. v. TOPP

No. 57367.

516 So.2d 236 (1987)

TRICON METALS & SERVICES, INC. v. Jim TOPP.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

December 9, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joel W. Howell, III, Jackson, for appellant.

Joe Clay Hamilton, Meridian, for appellee.

Before DAN M. LEE, P.J., and ROBERTSON and GRIFFIN, JJ.


ROBERTSON, Justice, for the court:

I.

This case presents an important question under Rule 52(a) of the Mississippi Rules of Civil Procedure and, specifically, the question of whether and when a trial court should make findings of fact and conclusions of law. Although the rule is permissive, absent request of a party, in cases of any complexity the trial court generally should make findings of fact and conclusions of law. Because this was not done in the...

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