Payne v. Rain Forest Nurseries, Inc.

540 So.2d 35 (1989)

W.A. PAYNE, Jr.

v.

RAIN FOREST NURSERIES, INC.

No. 58319.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

March 8, 1989.

Carey R. Varnado, Easterling & Varnado, Hattiesburg, for appellant.

Lawrence C. Gunn, Jr., Hattiesburg, for appellee.

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

ROBERTSON, Justice, for the Court:

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