Edwards v. Harper

BROOM, Justice,

for the Court:

Sixteenth section leasehold interests in lands situated within the city limits of a municipality (Brandon, Mississippi) was extended for an additional period of ninety-nine years. Mrs. Ina McIntyre Harper, Mrs. Maxine Harper Carr, Orville Earl Harper, and Dale Lamar Harper (lessees, appel-lees) filed their bill in the Chancery Court of Rankin County, Mississippi, to confirm said ninety-nine year leasehold interest. The bill was filed October 20, 1973, and subsequently Tommy Edwards, Joseph S. Donnell, and James O. Ryals, Jr. (appellants) intervened in opposition.…