Legal Opinion

Lawson v. Dean

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided October 18, 1926No. 25793PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

* Corpus Juris-Cyc References: Executors and Administrators, 24CJ, p. 1076, n. 66; p. 1081, n. 31; p. 1095, n. 63; p. 1103, n. 53. M.M. Lawson was appointed administrator of the estate of C.P. Lawson, deceased, and qualified as such with the National Surety Company as surety on his administrator's bond. The appellee, E.D. Dean, probated his claim against said estate as the law directs, and the administrator filed a contest of the claim. After a full hearing of this contest before the chancellor, a decree was entered finding that claim of appellee against the estate was good and valid, and…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Clifton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1846
  2. Lipscomb v. Postell ex rel. Van VacterMississippi Supreme Court · 1860
  3. Lee v. GardinerMississippi Supreme Court · 1853
  4. Cannon v. CooperMississippi Supreme Court · 1861
  5. Nash v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1926

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Gilchrist MacHinery Co., Inc. v. RossMississippi Supreme Court · 1986
  2. Parker v. McCaskey Register Co.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1936
  3. Newsom v. Fed. Land Bk. of N.O.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1939
  4. Trippe v. O'CavanaughMississippi Supreme Court · 1948
  5. Blount v. HairMississippi Supreme Court · 1956

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