EZELL v. WILLIAMS

No. 97-CA-00209-SCT

724 So.2d 396 (1998)

Joe H. EZELL v. Roger WILLIAMS, d/b/a Technical Hallmark Enterprise.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

December 10, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harris Bell Williams, Pascagoula, Attorney for Appellant.

David E. Kihyet, Pascagoula, Attorney for Appellee.

EN BANC.


BANKS, Justice, for the Court:

¶ 1. In this action a creditor failed to bring suit to collect on a promissory note within the three year statute of limitations period. Because this Court finds that the record supports a finding that the debtor induced the creditor not to sue, we affirm the circuit court's ruling that the debtor was estopped from raising the statute of limitations as a defense.

I.

¶ 2. Joe Ezell and Roger Williams formed...

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