THORNTON v. SHOWS BY SHOWS

No. 58210.

537 So.2d 1363 (1989)

Vince Powell THORNTON v. Nora Lee SHOWS, a Minor, By her Father and Next Friend, Sidney B. Shows.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

January 25, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Travis Buckley, Ellisville, for appellant.

Harris Sullivan, Jr., Mendenhall, for appellee.

Before DAN M. LEE, P.J., and ROBERTSON and PITTMAN, JJ.


DAN M. LEE, Presiding Justice, for the Court:

Today's appeal is from an adverse ruling of the Circuit Court of Covington County, Mississippi, in the May 1986 Term of court. The paternity proceeding filed by Nora Lee Shows against Vincent Powell Thornton sought to establish Thornton as the father of Christopher Stewart Shows, a male child, born to Ms. Shows on September 21, 1984. Upon a trial by jury, a verdict was returned in favor of Ms. Shows, adjudging Thornton...

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