Hairston v. Hairston
Mississippi Supreme Court
On appeal from the probate court of Lowndes county; Hon. N. E. Goodwin, judge of the probate court of Lowndes county. The opinion of the court contains a statement of the facts of the case.
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On appeal from the probate court of Lowndes county; Hon. N. E. Goodwin, judge of the probate court of Lowndes county. The opinion of the court contains a statement of the facts of the case. The following points were made by him in the argument of the case: — I. Which was the domicil of Robert Hairston at the time of his death ? Virginia, or Mississippi ? 2. If he had changed his domicil to Mississippi, does the law of this State or of Virginia give the rule as to the property acquired in the marital domicil ? On the subject of domicil, see Story’s Conflict of Laws, lib. ed. 39, § 41. “In…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Smith
This is an appeal from the probate court of Lowndes county.
It appears from the record in this case that in June, 1852, the appellee, widow of Robert Hairston, deceased, renounced before the said court all claim to the estate of her deceased husband, under his will, and declared her intention to demand dower in Ms estate, both real and personal, and applied, by petition, at *717the August term following of said court for an allotment of dower in his real estate, and for her distributive share of his personal estate.
She alleges in her petition, that she is the widow of Robert Hairston, deceased,…
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