PURSUE ENERGY CORP. v. PERKINS

No. 07-CA-58744.

558 So.2d 349 (1990)

PURSUE ENERGY CORPORATION, Evie Lee Johnson Michael, Mae Willie Michael Burch, Ella Louise Michael Jefferson, Mattie Louise Michael Foote, 3300 Corporation, Grace Petroleum Corporation, Interfirst Bank Dallas, N.A., Continental Illinois National Bank & Trust Co., the Leadership Foundation, Inc., Thomasville, Ltd., Charles S. McClelland, Linda C. McLean, H. Lamar Taylor v. D.L. PERKINS, Mrs. Henry V. Bailey and Mrs. Mable Hammond.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied April 4, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alex A. Alston, Jr., Terryl K. Rushing, Thomas Price Alston Jones & Davis, William R. Presson, Satterfield & Allred, Thomas L. Kirkland, Jr., Kirkland, Barfield & Panter, Jackson, for appellants.

Arthur D. Currie, Jackson, for appellees.

Before ROY NOBLE LEE, C.J., and PRATHER and SULLIVAN, JJ.


PRATHER, Justice, for the Court:

I. INTRODUCTION

This case involves construction of a deed through which a mineral interest was conveyed. The language within the deed's "four corners" was construed by the chancery court as unambiguous, and this Court affirms.

A. The Facts

The parties presented various arguments and legal theories, most of which need not be reproduced in this opinion. In essence, this Court was called upon to construe...

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