Talbert v. Ellzey

L. A. Smith, Sr., J.,

delivered the opinion of the court.

In the administration of the estate of Mrs. Ora Shirley, intestate, in the Chancery Court of Pike County, appellant probated his claim in the amount of $1,522.77. It sought payment for board, lodging, clothing, medical attention and nursing; taxes on her property furnished the decedent, his sister, for the years 1939-1944 inclusive; and funeral expenses paid by claimant for the decedent’s interment. A contest thereof was filed by James L.' Avera, the only heir-at-law of the decedent, being her son by a former marriage. The final decree…