GRANT v. STATE

No. 94-CA-00032-SCT.

686 So.2d 1078 (1996)

Dr. Charles Baring Travers GRANT, David J. Barry, Frederick Paul Seabrook, Dr. Donald John Burns, Michael Robert Francis Wilkins, Mr. and Mrs. V. John Batten, Robert Kenneth Pratt, John Edward Morrell, Francis Peter Duppa-Miller, Angus MacDonald, Dr. Derek Norman Seaton, Brian Michael Cartwright, David Victor Coronno, Alec Field Atkin, Dorothy Fahs Beck, Joe L. Howell, Jr., David M. Beach, James C. Black, Stephen D. Pisinski, Cynthia E. Pisinski, Henry J. Sobel, Catherine B. Kelly, Deane D. Kocher, II, Karen A. White, Robert J. Bechtoldt, Martin and Ruth Bell, Paul Pseisser, Timothy T. Walraven and William R. Tuten, III v. STATE of Mississippi, State Bond Commission, State Bond Retirement Commission; Kirk Fordice, in his official capacities as Governor of the State of Mississippi and Commissioner of the State Bond Retirement Commission and of the State Bond Commission; Mike Moore, in his official capacities as Attorney General of the State of Mississippi and Commissioner of the State Bond Retirement Commission and of the State Bond Commission; Marshall Bennett, in his official capacities as Treasurer of the State of Mississippi and Commissioner of the State Bond Retirement Commission and of the State Bond Commission; and Edward L. Ranck, in his official capacity as Executive Director of the Department of Finance and Administration for the State Of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

December 19, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul M. Neville, Neville & Wilson, Barry H. Powell, Owens Law Firm, Jackson, for appellant.

Michael C. Moore, Attorney General, T. Hunt Cole, Jr., Special Assistant Attorney General, Jackson, for appellee.

Before DAN LEE, C.J., and McRAE and JAMES L. ROBERTS, Jr., JJ.


STATEMENT OF THE CASE

JAMES L. ROBERTS, Jr., Justice, for the Court:

The appeal before this Court seeking to recover on "Planters' Bank Bonds" and "Union Bank Bonds" is the final chapter in a dispute that originated prior to the Great War Between the States. The Chancery Court of the First Judicial District of Hinds County in its October 29, 1993, opinion held that the actions were barred by the running of the statute of limitations, noting that the...

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