Batchelor v. Powers

348 So.2d 776 (1977)

George M. BATCHELOR et al.,

v.

Estate of Robert Burney POWERS, Deceased.

No. 49520.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

August 3, 1977.

Edward L. Cates, Jackson, Everette Verhine, Vicksburg, for appellants.

Dabney & Dabney, Lucius B. Dabney, Jr., Wesley R. Lominick, Jr., Vicksburg, for appellee.

Before PATTERSON, SMITH and LEE, JJ.

SMITH, Justice, for the Court:

Letters of administration were granted to Alice Powers Smith, upon the estate of her brother, Robert Burney Powers, deceased, by the Chancery Court of Warren County. Several months afterward, a document, purporting to be the last…