Case Name: Bennie OWENS, Jr. v. JACKSON MUNICIPAL SEPARATE SCHOOL DISTRICT et al.
Court: Mississippi Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Mississippi
Decision Date: 1972-06-26
Citations: 264 So. 2d 892
Docket Number: No. 46735
Parties: Bennie OWENS, Jr. v. JACKSON MUNICIPAL SEPARATE SCHOOL DISTRICT et al.
Judges: JONES, BRADY, INZER and ROBERTSON, JJ-, concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 264
Pages: 892–892

Head Matter:
Bennie OWENS, Jr. v. JACKSON MUNICIPAL SEPARATE SCHOOL DISTRICT et al.
No. 46735.
Supreme Court of Mississippi.
June 26, 1972.
Creekmore & Creekmore, Jackson, for appellant.
Brunini, Everett, Grantham & Quin, George P. Hewes, III, Thomas H. Rhoden, Jackson, for appellees.

Opinion:
GILLESPIE, Chief Justice:
The excellent briefs filed in this case present the question whether this Court should overrule its former decisions holding the State and its subdivisions immune from suit in tort actions except (1) in matters concerning proprietary affairs and (2) where immunity has been abrogated by statute. We had the same question presented earlier in this term and without written opinion rejected the argument that sovereign immunity should be abrogated. A careful study of the arguments has again been made, and we reaffirm our former decisions.
Affirmed.
JONES, BRADY, INZER and ROBERTSON, JJ-, concur.