DONALD v. AMOCO PRODUCTION CO.

No. 97-CA-01178-SCT.

735 So.2d 161 (1999)

Gerald DONALD v. AMOCO PRODUCTION CO., Atlantic Richfield Company, Bass Enterprises Production Co., Champlin Petroleum Company, Chevron Corporation, Chevron U.S.A., Inc., Coho Resources, Inc., Conoco, Inc., Conquest Exploration Co., Exxon Corporation, Fina Oil and Chemical Company, Four Star Oil & Gas Co., Huseman Oil & Royalty, Inc., Inexco Oil Company, Moon-Hines-Tigrett Operating Co., Inc., Mobil Oil Exploration & Producing Southeast, Inc., Murphy Oil USA, Inc., Oryx Energy Company, Oxy USA, Inc., Phillips Petroleum Co., Placid Oil Company, Shell Western E & P, Inc., Tenneco Oil Company, Texaco, Inc., Union Oil Company of California, Vintage Petroleum, Inc., and BankPlus.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied May 20, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Boling, Meridian, Stuart H. Smith, James R. Cox, Michael G. Stag, New Orleans, LA, Attorneys for Appellant.

Jeffery P. Reynolds, Thomas L. Kirkland, Jr., William T. Wilkins, Jackson, C. Glen Bush, Thomas R. Hudson, Ridgeland, Attorneys for Appellees.

EN BANC.


SMITH, Justice, for the Court:

STATEMENT OF THE CASE

Statement of the Facts

¶ 1. On August 16, 1991, Gerald Donald ("Donald") bought a 20 acre parcel (the "property") in Wayne County, Mississippi, for the appraised value. He acquired title to the property by quitclaim deed from the Bank of Waynesboro (now "BankPlus") which had seized the property at foreclosure. The former owners, the Davis Brothers, were in the business of providing...

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