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CUNNINGHAM v. LANIER

No. 07-CA-58633.

555 So.2d 685 (1989)

Deborah Lanier CUNNINGHAM v. Douglas C. LANIER, Jr.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied January 24, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard W. Hamilton, Pascagoula, for appellant.

Ben F. Galloway, III, Owen Galloway & Clark, Gulfport, for appellee.

En Banc.

PRATHER, Justice, for the Court:

Conversion of a Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings (under Miss.R.Civ.P. 12(c)) to one for Summary Judgment (under Miss.R. Civ.P. 56) is analyzed in this appeal. This Court's reversal of the Chancery Court's decision constitutes a reaffirmation of its long-standing position that, in the interest of justice and fairness, the rules of civil procedure should be liberally construed to permit a party to file amendments or documents...

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