In Re Estate of High
Court of Appeals of Mississippi
1Opinion of the Court
MAXWELL, J.,
for the Court.
¶ 1. Following a hearing on the issue of the domicile of the decedent at the time of his death, the Chancery Court of Pontotoc County granted summary judgment on behalf of the contestants of the will. The chancellor found that she was unable to proceed with probate of an “unauthenticated” copy of a foreign will. From this decision, the proponent, Arbella Watt, appeals, raising the following assignments of error:
I. The chancellor erred in granting the contestants’ motion for summary judgment.
II. The chancellor erred in ruling that a lost will disposing of property…
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