Legal Opinion

Estate of Brill v. Phillips

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided December 15, 2011No. 2009-CT-01968-SCTPublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

*696 ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI

CARLSON, Presiding Justice, for the Court:

¶ 1. Frank Nichols, individually and as executor of Annie Hobson Nichols’s estate, petitioned the Chancery Court for the First Judicial District of Hinds County to remove his sister, Shirlee Phillips, and Kathryn Kennington as coadministratrixes of the estate of his other sister, Bobbye Brill. The chancellor denied Frank’s petition. The chancellor also found that Bobbye’s will created a condition precedent, which Shirlee must perform in order to receive the residuary estate. Frank appealed the chancellor’s judgment, and we…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Puckett v. StuckeyMississippi Supreme Court · 1993
  2. Yarbrough v. CamphorMississippi Supreme Court · 1994
  3. In the Matter of Last Will and Testament of CarneyMississippi Supreme Court · 2000
  4. Goode v. Village of Woodgreen Homeowners Ass'nMississippi Supreme Court · 1995
  5. Yeates v. BoxMississippi Supreme Court · 1945

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3Cited by1 opinion

  1. In the Matter of the Last Will and Testament and Codicil of Joseph F. Tatum, Deceased: J. Kearney Travis Jr., and Dawn Tatum Parker v. LOL Finance CompanyCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2021

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