AINSWORTH v. CALLON PETROLEUM CO.

No. 57095.

521 So.2d 1272 (1987)

Celia Tullos AINSWORTH, Sadie Ainsworth Smith, William Wiley Magee, Billy Charles Magee, Joe Allen Magee, Paul Arnold Magee, and Martha Ann Magee Stubbs v. CALLON PETROLEUM COMPANY, System Fuels, Inc., Comprehensive Resources Corp., and Brighthaven Exploration Partners.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

As Modified on Denial of Rehearing March 16, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael S. Allred, David B. Gross, William R. Presson, Satterfield & Allred, Jackson, for appellants.

Glenn Gates Taylor, Copeland, Cook, Taylor & Bush, Jackson, John C. McLaurin, McLaurin & McLaurin, Brandon, for appellees.

Before DAN M. LEE, P.J., and SULLIVAN and ANDERSON, JJ.


ANDERSON, Justice, for the Court:

This is an appeal from an order of the Chancery Court of Simpson County granting the defendant's motion for an involuntary dismissal of the plaintiff's action under Rule 41 MRCP.

In June 1973, the defendants, Callon Petroleum Co., and System Fuels, Inc. concluded an agreement for the mutually advantageous production and marketing of natural gas from Mississippi. Among the exhibits is a letter dated June 29, 1973, from Callon...

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