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WILLMUT G. & O. CO. v. COVINGTON CTY.

No. 38859.

221 Miss. 613 (1954)

71 So.2d 184

57 Adv. S. 37

WILLMUT GAS & OIL CO., et al. v. COVINGTON COUNTY.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

March 15, 1954.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Currie & Currie; Hannah, Simrall & Aultman, Hattiesburg; Green, Green & Cheney, Jackson, for appellant Willmut Gas & Oil Company.

Avery & Putnam, Jackson; Brunini, Everett, Grantham & Quin, Vicksburg; W.O. Crain, Shreveport, Louisiana, for appellant United Gas Pipe Line Company.

Hugh M. McIntosh, John K. Keyes, Collins, for appellee.

Wright, Overstreet & Kuykendall; Wells, Thomas & Wells, Jackson; Eaton & Cottrell, Gulfport, Amici Curiae.

ARRINGTON, J.

This suit was brought in the Chancery Court of Covington County, by Covington County, appellee herein, against appellants Willmut Gas and Oil Company, hereinafter referred to as Willmut, and United Gas Pipeline Company, hereinafter referred to as United, and also against other defendants who have not appealed. The purpose of the action was to cancel certain alleged clouds on the title to sixteenth section school lands asserted by the defendants, to confirm...

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