Patricia Ann True Schmidt v. James T. Jim True

WILSON, J.,

FOR THE COURT:

¶ 1. Patricia Ann Schmidt (Ann) and Mary Hegwood appeal from a judgment denying their petition to contest the will of their mother, Dorothy True. The record shows that necessary parties to the will contest were not joined. Mississippi Code Annotated section 91-7-25 (Rev. 2013) provides that all persons interested in a will contest must be joined as parties. Our Supreme Court has made clear that this requirement is both mandatory and jurisdictional and that any judgment entered in the absence of such parties is void and must be set aside. Accordingly, we reverse and…