Woodville v. Pizzati
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the chancery court of Harrison county. HoN. W. M. "DeNNy, Jr., Chancellor. Suit by Mrs. Francisco Pizzati against Eobert Wood-ville and others. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendants appeal. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court.
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Appeal from the chancery court of Harrison county. HoN. W. M. "DeNNy, Jr., Chancellor. Suit by Mrs. Francisco Pizzati against Eobert Wood-ville and others. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendants appeal. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. It would appear from counsel’s brief for appellee that he recognized the contention of appellants with regard to the full faith and credit clause of the Constitution and the matter of estoppel, but claims that because of the agreement entered into' among the parties, namely Mrs. Pizzati, Marco Pizzati, and Eobert Woodville, which' was…
1Opinion of the CourtSteveNS, J.
This suit presents a contest over the alleged last will and testament of Salvatore Pizzati, deceased. Salvatore Pizzati died in the city of New Orleans December 30, 1915, at the age of seventy-six years, leaving a document bearing date December 7, 1915, purporting to be his last will, devising all of the testator’s disposable property to Robert Woodville of TJtilla, Spanish Honduras, and naming John Alonzo Woodville his executor. Pizzati left a wife, but no children. The present contest was instituted by Mrs. Francesca Yallen-zano Pizzati, by a bill in equity filed in the chancery court of…
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