Joplin v. Meadows

CORNELIUS, Chief Justice.

This is an application to determine the heirship of Loraine Gregg Peterman, deceased. Mrs. Peterman died intestate on October 24, 1979, in Harrison County. She left no surviving child or husband. Her nearest relative was her only brother, Eugene Gregg, who died before she did and who left surviving an alleged son, Clifford (Mitt) Meadows. Appellants, Fred Joplin, Lizzie Singleton, Ethel Bell Brown, Lessie Reeves and Donita Fowler, are the cousins of Mrs. Peterman. They contended that Mr. Meadows was not the legitimate son of Eugene Gregg. If he was Eugene Gregg’s…