Legal Opinion
Harris v. Griffith
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided May 20, 1968No. 44810PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
210 So.2d 629 (1968)
James W. HARRIS et al.
v.
B.C. GRIFFITH et al.
No. 44810.
Supreme Court of Mississippi.
May 20, 1968.
Rehearing Denied June 10, 1968.
Morse & Morse, Jackson, John K. Keyes Collins, for appellants.
Dale & Wilson, Prentiss, Cox, Dunn & Clark, Jackson, for appellees.
ETHRIDGE, Chief Justice.
This case involves the mineral-royalty distinction, and principally the question of whether a 1944 deed from Carl F. Griffith and wife to Thomas O. Payne conveyed a mineral interest including the executive right to lease, or simply a nonparticipating royalty. The Chancery Court of Jefferson Davis…
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3Cited by13 opinions
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