Anderson v. Gift

J ohn M. Gift and a great number of others filed their bill in the chancery court of Alcorn county as the next of kin and heirs at law of J. E. Gift, deceased, against F. F. Anderson, as trustee. The bill alleged that the said decedent died, leaving no children or descendants of children, no wife, no father or mother, no brother or sister, no uncle or aunt, surviving him, and that his next of kin were his first cousins and the descendants of said first cousins. The bill averred that J. E. Gift departed this life seized and possessed of a considerable estate, both real and personal, and…