ESTATE OF HAYNES v. STEELE

No. 93-CA-01237-SCT.

699 So.2d 918 (1997)

The ESTATE OF Margaret Malone HAYNES, Deceased; The Estate of Rebecca Quinn Steele, Deceased; The Estate of Pat Young Malone, Deceased; and James Perry Steele, Jr. v. Billy Dick STEELE; Kathryn H. Steele and Jeanne Swindle as Representative of the Estate of Robert B. Swindle, Deceased.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

February 27, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dewitt T. Hicks, Jr., Columbus, for appellants.

Grady F. Tollison, Jr., William K. Duke, Oxford, Amy D. Whitten, Jackson, for appellees.

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


DAN LEE, Chief Justice, for the Court:

¶ 1. Before this Court is the question of whether the fifteen percent statutory penalty is applicable to mineral royalties and accrued royalty monies. The long history of this family dispute had its beginning in the Chancery Court of Clay County, Mississippi, with a Complaint to Confirm Title, Remove Clouds upon Title, Quiet Title and to Cancel Oil, Gas & Mineral Leases, filed...

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