McCain Builders, Inc. v. Rescue Rooter, LLC


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Docket Number: 1999-CA-02021-SCT
Supreme Court: Opinion Date: 05-10-2001
Opinion Author: BANKS, PRESIDING JUSTICE
Holding: AFFIRMED IN PART; REVERSED AND RENDERED IN PART
Additional Case Information: Judge(s) Concurring: PITTMAN, C.J., SMITH, MILLS, WALLER, COBB AND DIAZ, JJ.
Judge(s) Concurring Separately: EASLEY, J.
Dissent Joined By : McRAE, P.J.; EASLEY, J.
Procedural History: Dismissal
Nature of the Case: Lack of Personal Jurisdiction
Trial Court: Date of Trial Judgment: 11-04-1999
Appealed from: PANOLA COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT
Judge: Andrew C. Baker
Disposition: Concluding that it lacked personal jurisdiction over a Tennessee subcontractor sued by a Mississippi contractor for alleged breach of contract in the performance of plumbing services in Tennessee, the Circuit Court of the Second Judicial District of Panola County, Mississippi, ordered the action transferred to the Circuit Court of Franklin County, Tennessee.
Note: McRAE, P.J., DISSENTS WITHOUT SEPARATE WRITTEN OPINION. EASLEY, J., CONCURS IN PART AND DISSENTS IN PART WITHOUT SEPARATE WRITTEN OPINION.
  Party Name: Attorney Name:  
Appellant: McCAIN BUILDERS, INC.




 THOMAS W. PREWITT



  
Appellee: RESCUE ROOTER, LLC ANDREW J. KILPATRICK, JR.  


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