MARTIN v. HANCOCK BANK

No. 44896.

210 So.2d 305 (1968)

Mrs. Mabel W. MARTIN, Mrs. Sue Kelly Mee, Mrs. Valera M. Vollor, Landman Teller, James P. Bledenharn, L.C. Gwin and R.D. Kuehnle v. HANCOCK BANK, Trustee for the Estate of Anna F.C. Martin, Deceased, Mrs. Anna F.B. Eslick and Frederick Martin Eslick.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied June 3, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gwin & Gwin, Natchez, Teller, Biedenharn & Rogers, Vicksburg, for appellants.

Ben H. Stone, Eaton, Cottrell, Galloway & Lang, Gulfport, for appellees.

M.M. Roberts, Hattiesburg, amicus curiae, for Humble Oil & Refining Co.


BRADY, Justice.

This is an appeal from an interlocutory decree of the Chancery Court of Harrison County which overruled appellants' demurrer. Some background facts are necessary for the understanding of this cause and are as follows.

The appellees, life tenants together with the trustee, executed an oil lease to Humble Oil & Refining Company for mineral exploration of their interest in Berkley Plantation. All of the remaindermen joined in the lease except...

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