Legal Opinion

Matter of Estate of Childress

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided September 18, 1991No. 89-CA-0796PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

588 So.2d 192 (1991)

In the Matter of the ESTATE OF Ester Louie CHILDRESS, Deceased.

Dotsy C. NEWTON

v.

Rodney Wayne LONG.

No. 89-CA-0796.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

September 18, 1991.

J.W. Kellum, Sumner, for appellant.

John W. Whitten, Jr., Breland & Hilburn, Sumner, for appellee.

EN BANC.

DAN M. LEE, Presiding Justice, for the Court:

This is an appeal by Ms. Dotsy C. Newton from the Tallahatchie County Chancery Court, Second Judicial District. In Ms. Newton's capacity as the executrix of the estate of her deceased father, Ester Louie Childress, an uncertainty arose over title to fifty-six acres of…

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2Cases cited29 opinions

  1. Kahn v. KahnNew York Court of Appeals · 1977
  2. Bailey v. SmithSupreme Court of Florida · 1925
  3. King v. GreeneSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1959
  4. English v. EnglishSupreme Court of Florida · 1913
  5. Bourke v. CallananMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1893

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3Cited by8 opinions

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