· 6/17/1999
Southern Leisure Homes, Inc. v. Hardin
Citations
- 742 So. 2d 1088
- 1999 Miss. LEXIS 214
- 1999 WL 396434
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- \breach of contract claim is best heard in circuit court and that the remedy of punitive damages is clearly legal rather than equitable in nature\
- \[I]t is more appropriate for a circuit court to hear equity claims than it is for a chancery court to hear actions at law since circuit courts have general jurisdiction but chancery courts enjoy only limited jurisdiction.\
- “[I]t is more appropriate for a circuit court to hear equity claims than it is for a chancery court to hear 18 actions at law since circuit courts have general jurisdiction but chancery courts enjoy only limited jurisdiction.”
- breach of contract claim is “best heard in circuit court”
- breach of contract claims properly heard in circuit courts
- noting Mississippi chancery courts enjoy limited jurisdiction
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Judges: Prather, C.J., Banks and Smith
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