Dewitt v. De Baun

Griffith, J.,

delivered tbe opinion of tbe court.

Tbe antecedent facts which* form tbe basis of tbe present proceedings and of tbe appeal now before us are stated in De Baun v. Undertaking Co., 169 Miss. 488, except perhaps there should now be added to tbe statement on page 493, 153 So. 513, 514, in respect to tbe consent decree, by which Mrs. De Baun was to be paid five hundred dollars in full settlement of all her claim against tbe estate of tbe decedent, tbat this consent decree came about by way of compromise. There was a serious dispute of fact whether Mrs. De Baun was tbe lawful wife of…