Henry v. Toney

This case involves the interpretation of the effect of Code of 1942, Section 479, which forbids a person who *722wilfully causes the death of another to inherit property from the latter.

John Henry married Bertha Toney around 1912. These persons, both Negroes, had no children, and in August 1936, were living in the City of Kent in Portage County, Ohio. Prior to that time Bertha had inherited from her father and mother, residents of Marion County, Mississippi, an interest in 153 acres of land in Marion County. She and her two brothers, William and McKinley Toney, had each inherited a one-third…