Jones v. Stubbs

Half-blood sister's asserted right to inherit from an intestate and share in the estate along with the deceased's full-blood nieces and nephews is highlighted by this cause appealed from the Chancery Court of Tippah County, the Honorable Anthony T. Farese chancellor. Upon a petition to determine heirship, the lower court ruled that the nieces and nephews (children of the deceased's whole-blood brothers) succeeded to the entire estate of the deceased intestate to the exclusion of appellant, Virginia S. Jones, surviving half-blood sister of the intestate.1

The issue is: Who shall inherit the…