Brown v. McAfee

DAN M. LEE, Justice, for the Court:

This is an appeal from the Chancery Court of Rankin County wherein Ruby Edwards Brown, appellant, filed an objection to a petition for authority to sell real estate, to pay debts and expenses, distribute remaining proceeds and for a final discharge of administratrix in the estate of Minnie Daniels Lee, deceased. Brown was the only heir1 to contest the sale of approximately 175 acres of land located in Rankin County, Mississippi. At the conclusion of the hearing, the chancellor ordered the 175 acres sold to pay court costs, probated claims, ad valorem taxes,…