Bell v. Mississippi Orphans Home

There is involved on this appeal the question of the validity of several bequests of money made to certain charitable institutions under the last will and testament of Mrs. Kate Bay Moore of Holmes County, Mississippi, executed on January 2,1941, within less than ninety days before her death on February 1, 1941, when she left an estate of approximately $800,000 in value.

The bequests in question are as follows: First, to the Methodist Orphanage at Jackson the sum of $10,000; second, to the Palmer Orphanage at Columbus the sum of $20,000; third, to the Baptist Orphanage at Jackson the sum of…