Meek v. Perry
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the Court of Probate of Panola county. Hon. 0. Harrison, judge. The cause was submitted in this court upon the following abstract, agreed to by the counsel of both parties. David McKinnie died in 1837, leaving a widow and two minor daughters, — Mary, who was born August the 27th, 1834, and Louisa R., November 7th, 1836. In 1840 their uncle, Michael McKinnie, qualified as the guardian of these minors.
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Appeal from the Court of Probate of Panola county. Hon. 0. Harrison, judge. The cause was submitted in this court upon the following abstract, agreed to by the counsel of both parties. David McKinnie died in 1837, leaving a widow and two minor daughters, — Mary, who was born August the 27th, 1834, and Louisa R., November 7th, 1836. In 1840 their uncle, Michael McKinnie, qualified as the guardian of these minors. On the 7th of July, 1848, Mary, against the wishes of her guardian, intermarried with the appellee, B. R. Perry. On the 26th of April, 1855, when she was eighteen years and a few…
1Opinion of the CourtHarris, J.
From the record it appears that David McKinnie, the father of testatrix and of the appellee, Mrs. Perry, died in the year 1837, leaving these, his only children: Mary, now Mrs. Perry, born on the 27th August, 1834; Louisa R., the testatrix, born 7th November, 1836.
That Michael McKinnie, their uncle, qualified as their guardian in 1840. That the mother of these children died in June, 1848, and shortly thereafter, just one month, Mary, without the consent of her uncle and guardian, mai'ried Burwell R. Perry, the appellee, Louisa R. continuing to reside with her guardian.
That on the 26th April,…
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