Atwood v. Hicks by Hicks

538 So.2d 404 (1989)

Emmett Ray ATWOOD, Sr.

v.

Emile HICKS, a Minor, by Georgia HICKS, Next Friend.

No. 58687.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

January 11, 1989.

Ellis B. Bodron, Way, Field & Bodron, Vicksburg, K. Hayes Callicutt, Cary E. Bufkin, Shell, Buford, Bufkin, Callicutt & Perry, Jackson, for appellant.

Halbert E. Dockins, Jr., Dockins & Wise, Sorie S. Tarawally, Jackson, for appellees.

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

ROBERTSON, Justice, for the Court:

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