Case Name: GULF OIL CORPORATION and H. B. Reid Construction Company, Inc. v. Malcolm DAVIS et ux.
Court: Mississippi Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Mississippi
Decision Date: 1979-05-02
Citations: 370 So. 2d 248
Docket Number: No. 51190
Parties: GULF OIL CORPORATION and H. B. Reid Construction Company, Inc. v. Malcolm DAVIS et ux.
Judges: Before ROBERTSON, P. J., and WALKER and LEE, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 370
Pages: 248–248

Head Matter:
GULF OIL CORPORATION and H. B. Reid Construction Company, Inc. v. Malcolm DAVIS et ux.
No. 51190.
Supreme Court of Mississippi.
May 2, 1979.
Gibbes, Graves, Mullins, Bullock & Ferris, Denton Gibbes, Laurel, for appellants.
Oates & Houston, R. K. Houston, Jr., Bay Springs, for appellees.
Before ROBERTSON, P. J., and WALKER and LEE, JJ.

Opinion:
Appeal from Circuit Court, Jasper County; George B. Grubbs, Judge.
AFFIRMED FOR $2,500 ACTUAL DAMAGES; REVERSED AS TO $4,000 PUNITIVE DAMAGES AND RENDERED.
PATTERSON, C. J., SMITH, P. J., and SUGG, BROOM, BOWLING and COFER, JJ., concur.