PERKINS v. THOMPSON

No. 58856.

551 So.2d 204 (1989)

Joyce PERKINS, et al. v. Lizzie Lee THOMPSON, et al.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied September 20, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ceola James, Vicksburg, for appellants.

Calvin L. Wells, Frank T. Moore, Jr., Wells, Moore, Simmons, Stubblefield & Neeld, Jackson, C. Ashley Atkinson, William Timothy Jones, Bert H. Jones, McComb, for appellees.

Before HAWKINS, P.J., and PRATHER and ANDERSON, JJ.


PRATHER, Justice, for the Court:

The Chancery Court of Warren County dismissed the claim of heirship by an out-of-wedlock child as being filed outside the period of statute of limitations of Miss. Code Ann. § 91-1-15(3)(c) (Supp. 1988). Joyce Perkins, appellant, appeals this adverse ruling, claiming that her petition to administer her father's estate as his child and only heir at law was timely filed.

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Robert Taylor, a resident of Vicksburg...

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