L'Hote v. Roca
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the chancery court of Hancock county. Hon. T. A. Wood, Chancellor. Bill by Mrs. Joseph H. Roca and others against George l’Hote and others. From a judgment for complainants, defendants appeal. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court.
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Appeal from the chancery court of Hancock county. Hon. T. A. Wood, Chancellor. Bill by Mrs. Joseph H. Roca and others against George l’Hote and others. From a judgment for complainants, defendants appeal. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. Even though this court may hold that the testatrix did in her will dispose of her Mississippi property, the law is plain and well defined that when a testatrix frames a will in the place of her domicile and evinces in the will an intention that real estate owned by her in another state shall be disposed of according to the rule of the…
1Opinion of the CourtMates, C. J.
On the 17th day of March, 1904, Octavia Maillot l’Hote, widow, executed a last will and testament. When the. will was made, the testatrix was a resident of the city of New Orleans, in the state of Louisiana. The testatrix died some time in the month of January, 1910, after which the will was duly .probated in the proper court of the parish of Orleans, in the state of Louisiana, the place of residence of testatrix. Subsequently a certified copy *128of the will was duly probated in the chancery court of Hancock county, Miss. The testatrix left surviving her a number of children. We give, below a…
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