Perry v. Aldrich

This is a will case. It came to this Court from the Chancery Court of Adams County, Mississippi, on appeal from the final decree of the chancery court revoking and annulling a vacation order of the chancery clerk, probating an alleged will of Mrs. Marie B. O’Kelley. The chancellor permitted an appeal to this Court “to settle all of the controlling principles involved:” Thus, this Court is called upon to determine whether or not the chancellor ruled correctly upon the pleadings filed in the chancery court, under the following circumstances :

Appellant, Fred F. Perry, presented to the chancery…