REICH v. JESCO, INC.

No. 57915.

526 So.2d 550 (1988)

James REICH and Mississippi Farm Bureau Insurance Company v. JESCO, INC. and AMCA International Corporation.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

June 3, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George E. Dent, Soper, Russell, Richardson & Dent, Tupelo, Craig E. Brasfield, Collins & Brasfield, Jackson, for appellants.

L.F. Sams, Jr., Thomas D. Murry, Mitchell, McNutt, Bush, Lagrone & Sams, Thomas A. Wicker, Holland, Ray & Upchurch, William M. Beasley, Mitchell, Voge, Beasley & Corban, Tupelo, for appellees.

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


ROBERTSON, Justice, for the Court:

I.

This is a case about a chicken house that collapsed under heavy ice and snow. The owner brought suit against the designer and contractor, only to have the court below hold his claim barred by the statute of limitations. We affirm.

II.

In 1973, Jesco, Inc., a construction company, built for James Reich a steel building to be used by Reich as a chicken house on his land in Itawamba County, Mississippi...

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