ESTATE OF RISTROPH v. RISTROPH

Nos. 2011-CA-00946-COA, 2011-CA-00009-COA.

103 So.3d 758 (2012)

ESTATE OF Paul Lucien RISTROPH, Deceased: John H. Ristroph, Appellant v. Paul Lucien RISTROPH, III, Appellee. John H. Ristroph, Appellant v. Paul Lucien Ristroph, III, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Mississippi.

December 4, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

M. Channing Powell , Gulfport, attorney for appellant.

Nathan S. Farmer , Picayune, attorney for appellee.

Before LEE, C.J., MAXWELL and RUSSELL, JJ.


MAXWELL, J., for the Court:

¶ 1. Our appellate courts have held that parties may only appeal from a final judgment.1 "A final, appealable judgment is one that `adjudicates the merits of the controversy which settles all issues as to all the parties' and requires no further action by the [trial] court."2 Absent an express certification by the trial judge that there is "no just reason for delay...

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