Wade v. Lee

471 So.2d 1213 (1985)

Ruth Ann Steele WADE

v.

Israel Sylvester LEE, IV.

No. 54804.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

June 5, 1985.

Philip Mansour, Jr., Mansour & Thomas, Greenville, for appellant.

Eugene Sexton Berry, Jr., Jackson, for appellee.

Before PATTERSON, C.J., and DAN M. LEE and ROBERTSON, JJ.

ROBERTSON, Justice, for the Court:

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