Opinion ID: 1091584
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Heading: on motion to strike part of champion's brief

Text: Contractor filed in this Court a motion to strike a portion of Champion's (appellee's) brief because Champion had not filed a cross appeal as provided for in Mississippi Supreme Court Rule 6. Champion did file a cross appeal, but argued in its reply brief matters shown in the record which would sustain the action of the trial court. It is elementary that an appellee may argue in its reply brief any matter in the record which would sustain the trial court's judgment without the necessity of a cross appeal. AFFIRMED AND MOTION TO STRIKE OVERRULED. PATTERSON, C.J., WALKER and ROY NOBLE LEE, P.JJ., and HAWKINS, DAN M. LEE, PRATHER, ROBERTSON and SULLIVAN and ANDERSON, JJ., concur.