Upton v. Magnolia Elec. Power Ass'n

511 So.2d 939 (1987)

Elizabeth F. UPTON, Administratrix of Estate of Jeffery Leonard Faggard, Deceased,

v.

MAGNOLIA ELECTRIC POWER ASSOCIATION.

No. 57054.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

August 19, 1987.

Garland D. Upton, Columbia, for appellant.

J.W. Land, Bryan, Nelson, Allen Schroeder & Randolph, Hattiesburg, for appellee.

Before ROY NOBLE LEE, P.J., and PRATHER and ROBERTSON, JJ.

ROBERTSON, Justice, for the Court:

I

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