Still v. Corp. of Woodville
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the Court of Probates of Wilkinson county. Hon. Felix Embree, judge. This was a petition filed in the court below by the appellants (one of whom is the mother and only surviving parent of John W. Brown, and the other the only surviving brother of said Brown), seeking to set aside the probate of the will of said Brown, and the grant of letters testamentary on his estate.
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Appeal from the Court of Probates of Wilkinson county. Hon. Felix Embree, judge. This was a petition filed in the court below by the appellants (one of whom is the mother and only surviving parent of John W. Brown, and the other the only surviving brother of said Brown), seeking to set aside the probate of the will of said Brown, and the grant of letters testamentary on his estate. The petition attacks the validity of said probate and order granting letters testamentary, upon the ground that said J. W. Brown was, at the time of his death, domiciled in, and a citizen of the State of Louisiana,…
1Opinion of the CourtHarris, J.
Appellants filed their petition in the Court of Probates for Wilkinson county, to set aside the probate of the will of John W. Brown, and to revoke the letters testamentary granted to John H. Sims, as the executor named in his will, on the ground that, the Court of Probates of Wilkinson county had no jurisdiction to take probate of the will or to grant said letters.
The petition states, that John W. Brown, a resident citizen of Louisiana, died in the month of March, 1857, leaving petitioner Elizabeth, his only surviving parent, and petitioner Thomas W., his only surviving brother; that at the…
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