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WEEKS v. MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE

No. 98-CA-00245-COA.

749 So.2d 1082 (1999)

David E. WEEKS; Susan F. Weeks; and David E. Weeks, Father and next friend of Tracey Lane Weeks, Stephen Cabell Weeks and John David Weeks, Minors, Appellants, v. MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied October 12, 1999.

Certiorari Denied January 20, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Lee Colbert Jr., Flowood, Attorney for Appellants.

Richard Wilson Montjoy II, Charles L. McBride, Jr., Samuel Ernest Linton Anderson, Jackson, Attorneys for Appellee.

BEFORE BRIDGES, C.J., COLEMAN, AND IRVING, JJ.

IRVING, J., for the Court:

¶ 1. This case involves the construction and interpretation of a written scholarship certificate issued by Appellee, Mississippi College, (hereinafter the "College") in 1871. In what originated as a fund raising drive begun in the 1850's, the College issued "scholarship certificates" in exchange for monetary donations of $500 or more. One of these certificates was issued to the great-great grandfather of the Appellant, David Weeks,...

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