ALEXANDER v. ALEXANDER

No. 55358.

465 So.2d 340 (1985)

John Willie ALEXANDER v. Dennis Lee ALEXANDER, Heir at Law of Robert Charles Alexander, Deceased.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

March 6, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John E. Jackson, McComb, for appellant.

Norman B. Gillis, Jr., Gillis & Gillis, McComb, for appellee.

Before PATTERSON, C.J., and SULLIVAN and ANDERSON, JJ.


PATTERSON, Chief Justice, for the Court:

This is an appeal from the Chancery Court of Pike County, which held neither party claiming to be the father of Robert Charles Alexander was entitled to the proceeds of a proposed settlement for the wrongful death of Alexander.

Although there are other issues in the case, the dispositive one is controlled by Stone v. Stone, 210 So.2d 672 (Miss. 1968). That case held the presumption...

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