HOLLAND v. KENNEDY

No. 58680.

548 So.2d 982 (1989)

Dr. J. Shelvey HOLLAND, Jr. v. Dr. Verne R. KENNEDY, Dorothy D. Barham, Thomas G. Hood, Norman H. McCrummen, III, and Belhaven College.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

August 23, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John L. Maxey, II, Samuel L. Begley, Cupit & Maxey, Jackson, for appellant.

Joseph L. McCoy, McCoy, Wilkins, Noblin & Stephens, Thomas H. Suttle, Jr., Daniel, Coker, Horton & Bell, Jackson, for appellee.

Before ROY NOBLE LEE, C.J., and ROBERTSON and PITTMAN, JJ.


ROBERTSON, Justice, for the Court:

I.

Today's appeal presents a point of adequacy in a plaintiff's pleading and, more poignantly, the present possibility that justice delayed may be justice denied. Plaintiff's suit for breach of employment contract, for libel and slander incident to discharge was filed December 30, 1981, and generously sets forth facts which if found to be true fortell recovery. Yet, after one false start, appeal, reversal and remand, the...

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