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HUGHES v. MILLER

No. 51943.

384 So.2d 608 (1980)

Bernice C. HUGHES v. Steven Rodney MILLER.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

May 28, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mounger & Mounger, Breed O. Mounger, Sr., Tylertown, for appellant.

Richard E. Stratton, III, Brookhaven, for appellee.

Before ROBERTSON, LEE and BOWLING, JJ.

ROBERTSON, Presiding Justice, for the Court:

Bernice C. Hughes appeals from a decree of the Chancery Court of Amite County, dismissing her bill of complaint. She had complained that an option she had given to Steven Rodney Miller to buy 39 acres of her land violated the rule against perpetuities, and had prayed for its cancellation.

On April 28, 1977, Miller purchased 20 acres of land from Mrs. Hughes for $500 per acre. On the same date by separate instrument...

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