Fulton v. Mississippi Publishers Corp.

498 So.2d 1215 (1986)

C.B. FULTON and Jeanette F. Fulton

v.

MISSISSIPPI PUBLISHERS CORPORATION, d/b/a Ocean Springs Record, and Wayne W. Weidie.

No. 55895.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

September 17, 1986.

Rehearing Denied October 29, 1986.

James N. Compton, Carter O. Bise, Bryan, Nelson, Allen, Schroeder & Compton, Biloxi, for appellants.

Frank D. Montague, Jr., Gray, Montague & Pittman, Hattiesburg, for appellees.

Before HAWKINS, P.J., and ROBERTSON and GRIFFIN, JJ.

ROBERTSON, Justice, for the Court:

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