Collier v. Shell Oil Co.

534 So.2d 1015 (1988)

Mable COLLIER, Victor Alexander, Charlotte Alexander and Willie Louise Burrell, Heirs at Law of Victor Blue Alexander, Deceased: Lewis E. Turner and Robert W. Vaughan

v.

SHELL OIL COMPANY and Amoco Production Company.

No. 58824.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

November 9, 1988.

Rehearing Denied December 21, 1988.

Barry W. Gilmer, Gilmer Law Firm, Jackson, for appellant.

David B. Gross, Jackson, Hugh Craig Forshner, New Orleans, La., for appellee.

Before DAN M. LEE, P.J., and ROBERTSON and GRIFFIN, JJ.

ROBERTSON, Justice, for the court:

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