Legal Opinion
Knight v. Moore
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided April 1, 1981No. 52393PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
396 So.2d 31 (1981)
Walter KNIGHT
v.
Katie Ruth MOORE.
No. 52393.
Supreme Court of Mississippi.
April 1, 1981.
Forrest A. Johnson, Jr., Johnson & Johnson, Natchez, for appellant.
David W. Hall, Natchez, for appellee.
Before SMITH, LEE and HAWKINS, JJ.
SMITH, Presiding Justice, for the Court:
Katie Ruth Moore, a thirty-nine year old woman, brought suit in the Chancery Court of Adams County on the 13th day of September, 1978, against Walter Knight, alleging that she was his natural daughter, born out of wedlock, and demanding that she be declared his heir, capable of inheriting from him under the…
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3Cited by18 opinions
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