John M. Barham, Jr. v. Mississippi Power Company

RANDOLPH, CHIEF JUSTICE, FOR THE COURT:

¶1. Our role, as a court of errors and appeals, is to determine whether any reversible error occurred in the court whence came the appeal. Today, two orders from separate courts are at issue. The orders were authored by two learned trial judges-one chancery, one circuit. Although our review is de novo , the applicable law is neither new nor novel. Because neither trial court failed to follow controlling law, we affirm.

FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS BELOW

¶2. Barham, et al. ("the families"), filed suit in the Circuit Court of Kemper County, seeking, inter alia , a…