Thornton v. Shows by Shows

537 So.2d 1363 (1989)

Vince Powell THORNTON

v.

Nora Lee SHOWS, a Minor, By her Father and Next Friend, Sidney B. Shows.

No. 58210.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

January 25, 1989.

Travis Buckley, Ellisville, for appellant.

Harris Sullivan, Jr., Mendenhall, for appellee.

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

DAN M. LEE, Presiding Justice, for the Court:

Today's appeal is from an adverse ruling of the Circuit Court of Covington County, Mississippi, in the May 1986 Term of court. The paternity proceeding filed by Nora Lee Shows against Vincent Powell Thornton sought to establish Thornton…