Vickers v. First Mississippi Nat. Bank

458 So.2d 1055 (1984)

James Dwight VICKERS and William Thomas, Jr., Trustee

v.

FIRST MISSISSIPPI NATIONAL BANK.

No. 54408.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

October 31, 1984.

J. Murray Akers, Greenville, for appellant.

James K. Dukes, Dukes & Jernigan, Hattiesburg, Michael E. Friedlander, Washington, D.C., for appellee.

Before ROY NOBLE LEE, P.J., and DAN M. LEE and ROBERTSON, JJ.

ROBERTSON, Justice, for the Court:

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