Brown v. Jones

JAMES, J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. Jenanette Brown and Edward Wilson filed a complaint in the Chancery *534Court of Alcorn County against Virginia Jones, Suzette Jones Marlar, Annette Stringer, and Virginia Ann Finzel,1 seeking to set aside the Last Will and Testament of J.T. Smith, which had been submitted to probate by Jones. The lawsuit also sought to set aside several inter vivos gifts given by Smith to Jones. Following a trial, the chancellor set aside the inter vivos gifts and upheld the will. Brown appeals raising the following issues: (1) whether a presumption of undue influence arose regarding…