Welborn v. Henry

252 So.2d 779 (1971)

Mrs. Mary Liza Elizabeth WELBORN, Administratrix of Estate of Napoleon P. Scott, Deceased

v.

Mrs. Shirley Johnson HENRY.

No. 46295.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

September 27, 1971.

Marvin Oates, Tom Roberts, Bay Springs, for appellant.

Robert H. McFarland, Bay Springs, for appellee.

JONES, Justice:

In December 1966, N.P. Scott, a widower, living alone in Smith County, Mississippi, executed a deed, under the terms of which certain land therein described, was deeded to him and Shirley Johnson Henry.

Shirley Johnson Henry was a niece of Scott's wife but was no blood relationship of…