Gore v. Ligon
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appear from the chancery court of Calhoun county. Hon. I. T. Blount, Chancellor. Bill by Mrs. Mollie G-ore against W. J. Ligón and others to set aside the will of Mrs. Louisa S. Ligón. From a decree denying the relief sought, complainant appeals.
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Appear from the chancery court of Calhoun county. Hon. I. T. Blount, Chancellor. Bill by Mrs. Mollie G-ore against W. J. Ligón and others to set aside the will of Mrs. Louisa S. Ligón. From a decree denying the relief sought, complainant appeals. In the year 1891 Mrs. Louisa S. Ligón executed a will, by the terms of which, after providing for payment of debts, and small legacies to her two granddaughters, one of whom is appellant here, she bequeathed to her son, W. J. Ligón, appellee here, “all the rest of my estate of every kind and character whatsoever and wherever situated.” Her said son…
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, C. J.
Appellant’s contentions are, first, that the will was not attested by one of the three subscribing witnesses in the manner required by law, and therefore is void; second, that the will was revoked by reason of a subsequent conveyance of all of the property devised. It being admitted that two of the witnesses who attested the will complied with the statute in so doing, it is wholly immaterial whether the third complied therewith or not, for the attestation of two witnesses is all that the statute requires. Section 5078, Code of 1906.
*662The rule, conceding that such there he, that a conveyance…
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