Legal Opinion
Phelps v. SHROPSHIRE, ADMR.
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided February 14, 1966No. 43762PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRobertson, J.
Ellen Bodley Vick Phelps Crump, a widow, died on November 9, 1958, leaving a holographic last will and testament dated August 23, 1948. The executors named therein declined to act as such, and some of her natural heirs then filed a petition to probate her will and appoint E. D. Shropshire, Chancery Clerk of Sharkey County, Administrator, C. T. A. Her last will and testament was duly admitted to probate on January 27, 1959.
Mrs. Crump had no children and her natural heirs at the time of her death were: A nephew, Henry Vick Phelps, Jr., son of a deceased brother of testatrix; a nephew, Alonzo…
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