Edwards v. Jefcoat

O. R. Edwards departed this life August 19, 1955. His heirs -were his nine adult children and his widow, who was his second wife. He owned sixty-one acres of land, with improvements thereon, located in Jones County, Mississippi, which he and his wife occupied as their homestead. Also, to the joint credit of himself and Mrs. Lois Jefcoat, one of his children, was the sum of $5,769.-17 in Commercial National Bank & Trust Company of Laurel, Mississippi. This contest is over the ownership of the money in that joint account. Jack Edwards, administrator with the will annexed of the estate of O. R.…