Sims v. Stennis

GRIFFIN, Justice,

for the Court:

This case, concerning the admission of a will to probate, comes to the Court from the Chancery Court of Kemper County, which dismissed an action, contesting the will, pursuant to M.R.C.P. 12(b)(1) and 12(b)(6). We affirm.

On September 19,1969, Mary Belle Davis executed a writing, styled “Last Will and Testament.” Likewise, on June 16, 1973 and February 11, 1978, she' executed codicils to her will. On November 1, 1982, Davis died at age eighty-eight.

On January 24, 1983, Betty Eldridge, Kemper County Chancery Clerk, admitted the will and codicils to probate,…