Reedy v. Alexander

L. A. Smith, Sr., J.,

delivered the opinion of the court.

On or about July 27, 1944, J. L. Alexander died intestate in Sunflower County, Mississippi, survived by his widow, Mrs. Bonnie B. Alexander, appellee here, and his three married daughters by a former marriage, appellants here. Letters of administration were issued to the widow, who duly qualified.

As administratrix she employed a solicitor and at the time informed him that certain personal property, apparently part of the estate of her deceased husband, was, as a matter of fact, her own. This solicitor told her to employ a personal…