Bailey v. Georgia Cotton Goods Co.

543 So.2d 180 (1989)

Pryor Spencer BAILEY III

v.

GEORGIA COTTON GOODS COMPANY.

No. 58698.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

May 3, 1989.

Hal H.H. McClanahan, III, Columbus, for appellant.

John Paul Moore, Starkville, for appellee.

Before ROY NOBLE LEE, C.J., and ROBERTSON and BLASS, JJ.

ROBERTSON, Justice, for the Court:

I

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