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RILEY v. MORELAND

No. 59338.

537 So.2d 1348 (1989)

Jane RILEY, Individually and Jane Riley as Guardian of the Estate of Stefan Nicholas Moreland, a Minor, and Jane Riley, as Administratrix of the Estate of Mark Stephen Moreland, Deceased v. Mittie MORELAND.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

January 4, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Orma R. Smith, Jr., Smith, Ross & Trapp, Corinth, Joseph C. Langston, Langston & Langston, Duncan Lott, Booneville, for appellant.

Thomas A. Wicker, Holland, Ray & Upchurch, Tupelo, Ralph E. Pogue, Aberdeen, Soper & Dent, Rhett R. Russell, Tupelo, Sharion Richardson, Fulton, for appellee.

Before HAWKINS, P.J., and SULLIVAN and ZUCCARO, JJ.

MORELAND III

SULLIVAN, Justice, for the Court:

Mittie Moreland petitioned the Lee County Chancery Court for a judgment declaring a legal services contract entered into by her and the law firm of Soper & Russell to be valid and enforceable as a lien upon any eventual proceeds recovered from the wrongful death of Mark Moreland. The Lee County Chancery Court granted the relief prayed for, ratifying and declaring the contract to be valid and enforceable...

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