Opinion ID: 1107865
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Heading: did the chancery court err in granting the interlocutory appeal?

Text: As of January 1, 1988, applications for interlocutory appeals have been governed by Rule 5, Miss.Sup.Ct.Rules; however, this case was filed prior to January 1, 1988, and Miss. Code Ann. § 11-51-7 (1972) controls interlocutory appeals from Chancery Court, together with this Court's decisions thereunder. This Court has held that an interlocutory appeal will be granted when it appears that the appeal may settle the controlling principles of law in the case or to settle a new or unique proposition of law. Johnson v. Ladner, 514 So.2d 327 (Miss. 1987); Sonford Products Corp. v. Freels, 495 So.2d 468 (Miss. 1986); Kilgore v. Barnes, 490 So.2d 895 (Miss. 1986); Nelson v. Ethridge, 271 So.2d 730 (Miss. 1973); Calmes v. Weill, 216 So.2d 418 (Miss. 1968). The Board's interlocutory appeal, therefore, has been granted in order to determine the applicability of the discovery process of the Mississippi Rules of Civil Procedure to proceedings before administrative bodies, a question not heretofore addressed by this Court. The interlocutory appeal is proper.