Harkleroad v. Bass
Mississippi Supreme Court
From tbe chancery court of DeSoto county. Hour. Julian 0. Wilson, Chancellor. Harkleroad, appellant, was complainant, and Mrs. Bass and others, appellees, defendants in the court below. From a decree in defendants’ favor complainant appealed to the supreme court.
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From tbe chancery court of DeSoto county. Hour. Julian 0. Wilson, Chancellor. Harkleroad, appellant, was complainant, and Mrs. Bass and others, appellees, defendants in the court below. From a decree in defendants’ favor complainant appealed to the supreme court. Complainant claimed under the will of Hiram S. Harkleroad, deceased, which is made an exhibit to the bill, as the heir at law and next of kin to Daniel S. Harkleroad, deceased, son of Hiram S. Harkleroad, the deceased testator. Such parts of the bill and so much of the will as is necessary for an understanding of the case are set out…
1Opinion of the CourtTruly, J.
The twelfth clause of the last will and testament of Hiram S. Harkleroad is as follows: “12. I give and bequeath to my son Daniel all my real estate, to have and to hold the same during his natural life, and should he have any lawful issue at his death, then I will to his heirs forever, and should my son Daniel die without heirs, then in that case I will all my estate, both personal, mixed, and real, to my grand-niece, Kate Williams, and to her heirs forever.” At the date of this will Daniel Harkleroad was an infant, about five years of age. He lived for some years after his father’s death,…
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