Bell v. Dukes

Mrs. M. W. Dukes filed a bill in the chancery court of Wilkinson county for a partition of certain lands, claiming title through the will of Nathaniel Bowren, which reads as follows:

“I, Nathaniel Bowren of Wilkinson County, State of Mississippi, do make and ordain this my last will and testament, revoking any and all other testamentary disposition by me heretofore made. My funeral and testamentary expenses, including those of my last illness, are first to be promptly paid, then all other of my just debts. I give and devise to my wife, Joanna Bowren, for and during her natural life, my home…