Phinizee v. Alexander

On April 4, 1948, John Phinizee died in Lowndes County, Mississippi, and on April 6, 1948, there was presented for probate in common form to the chancery clerk of said county in vacation a petition to admit to probate a document purporting to be the last will and testament of decedent, dated September 25, 1947. The clerk admitted the document to probate as the last will and testament of the decedent, and issued letters testamentary to J.D. Alexander, who had qualified as executor. On December 3, 1948, a caveat and contest of the probate was filed in the chancery court of said county by Pope…