Jordan v. Ball
Mississippi Supreme Court
Error to the probate court of Marion county. Lewis, J. The plaintiff in error assigned the following error : 1. The court below erred in appointing the defendants in error and Elizabeth Bebecca Warren, administrator and administratrix, with the will annexed, of James A. 'Jordan, deceased. 2. The court below erred in assuming jurisdiction over decedent’s estate. 3. The court below erred in assuming jurisdiction to probate the alleged will of James A. Jordan, deceased. 4. The…
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Error to the probate court of Marion county. Lewis, J. The plaintiff in error assigned the following error : 1. The court below erred in appointing the defendants in error and Elizabeth Bebecca Warren, administrator and administratrix, with the will annexed, of James A. 'Jordan, deceased. 2. The court below erred in assuming jurisdiction over decedent’s estate. 3. The court below erred in assuming jurisdiction to probate the alleged will of James A. Jordan, deceased. 4. The court erred in refusing to revoke the letters of administration with the will annexed, as prayed for in the petition of…
1Opinion of the Court
Simball, J.:
The last will and testament of Jas. A. Jordan, deceased, was, on the 4th of November, 1867, propounded for probate to the probate court of Marion county, by Elizabeth R. Warren. And on the same da3^, application was made by her to *199the court for letters of administration to be granted to herself, William Warren, jr., and Needham L. Ball. The will was duly proved, and admitted to record, and the letters to execute it, committed to the applicants. The testator had deceased sometime in the previous month of October.
At the March term, 1868, Jesse P. Jordan, a resident citizen of North…
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