IN RE ESTATE OF DRAKE

No. 2011-CA-01587-COA.

134 So.3d 328 (2013)

In the Matter of the ESTATE OF Kenneth Lee DRAKE, Deceased. Benjamin Lee Drake, Appellant v. Bennie Larry Drake, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied November 5, 2013.

Certiorari Denied March 20, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John R. McNeal Jr. , Jackson, attorney for appellant.

John Denver Fike , attorney for appellee.

Before GRIFFIS, P.J., MAXWELL and FAIR, JJ.


MAXWELL, J., for the Court:

¶ 1. Absent an express certification by the chancellor that there is "no just reason for delay" and an explicit direction "for the entry of the judgment," an appeal from a judgment resolving less than all issues or claims against all parties cannot be taken. M.R.C.P. 54(b). Because we are faced with an appeal from an order that both parties and the chancellor have acknowledged is clearly non-final and interlocutory, we must dismiss...

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