Legal Opinion
Darrow v. Moore
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided May 16, 1932No. 29313PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Jacob K. Swoope, on the 3d day of July, 1871, executed his last will and testament in a hotel at Memphis, Tennessee, and died the following day. At the time he executed the will, he was very sick with malarial haemaeturia, and had sent for his family. He was a resident of Florence, Alabama, and owned property in Alabama and Mississippi.
The will reads as follows:
"I, Jacob K. Swoope, of the state of Alabama, being now of sound mind do hereby make and ordain this as my last will and testament, hereby revoking all others.
"All my just debts are first to be paid.
"I give to my nephews, Jacob K.…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Smith v. SmithSupreme Court of Alabama · 1908
- Castleberry v. StringerSupreme Court of Alabama · 1912
- Rutland v. EmanuelSupreme Court of Alabama · 1918
- Spira v. FrenkelSupreme Court of Alabama · 1923
- McGlathery v. MeeksSupreme Court of Alabama · 1929
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Ussery v. DarrowSupreme Court of Alabama · 1939
- Pray v. HewittMississippi Supreme Court · 1965
- C. I. T. Corp. v. TurnerMississippi Supreme Court · 1963
- Mississippi Power & Light Co. v. Town of ColdwaterDistrict Court, N.D. Mississippi · 1958
- Waybright v. Columbian Mut. Life Ins. Co.District Court, W.D. Tennessee · 1939
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