Sturdivant v. Neill
Mississippi Supreme Court
On appeal from the probate court of Carroll county; Hon. W. W. Whitehead, judge of the probate court of Carroll county. The opinion of the court contains a full statement of the facts of the case. There are two points in this case arising on the construction of the will of M. S. Purnell, deceased, and the agreed state of facts in the case.
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On appeal from the probate court of Carroll county; Hon. W. W. Whitehead, judge of the probate court of Carroll county. The opinion of the court contains a full statement of the facts of the case. There are two points in this case arising on the construction of the will of M. S. Purnell, deceased, and the agreed state of facts in the case. The first clause of the will directs that the “ sons be educated until they graduate at some respectable college, and that the daughters be taken to Salem in North Carolina, and be placed in the female institution of that place until they complete their…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Fisher
The petitioners, Eliza Sturdivant and Elizabeth Fultz, jointly with their respective husbands, filed their petition in the probate court of Carroll county, for the purpose of compelling their guardians, the appellees, to make a final settlement of their *161accounts as such guardians; and to deliver into the possession of said petitioners, their real and personal estate, under the control and management of the appellees.
The petitioners, Eliza and Elizabeth, are children of Micajah T. Purnell, deceased, and as such, claim the property as heirs at law and distributees of his personal estate; and…
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