R.K. Metals, LLC and Mark Lovil v. E & E Co., Inc. d/b/a JLA Home Fabrics, Inc.

Summary

The Mississippi Supreme Court affirmed the circuit court’s judgment that Mark Lovil, although signing the lease in his capacity as president of R.K. Metals, is personally liable as guarantor under the lease and therefore bound by its arbitration clause. The Court held that the explicit guaranty language and Lovil’s signature sufficed to create personal liability, and applied equitable estoppel to compel arbitration.