MANSON v. MAGEE

No. 58067.

534 So.2d 545 (1988)

Catherine Clark MANSON, Mary Clark Hollins and Grace E. Clark v. Hattie Day MAGEE, et al.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

November 23, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jim B. Tohill, C. York Craig, Jr., Watkins, Ludlam & Stennis, Jackson, for appellants.

Luther M. Thompson, Heidelberg, Woodliff & Franks, Jackson, for appellees.

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


ZUCCARO, Justice, for the Court:

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Chancery Court of Pike County sustaining a motion of appellees for summary judgment.

This lawsuit involves interpretation of an oil, gas and mineral reservation in a warranty deed and no controversy about the surface.

Prior to his death on January 19, 1948, Dr. Willis F. Cotten and his wife, Christine Gardner Cotten, were the owners as tenants in common of the fee simple absolute...

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