Giglio v. Woollard
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from chancery court of Bolivar county. Hon. G. E. Williams, Chancellor. Suit by P. B. Woollard, administrator of the estate of J. C. Saia, deceased, against C. G. Giglio. Decree for plaintiff, and defendant appeals. Reversed, and petition dismissed.
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Appeal from chancery court of Bolivar county. Hon. G. E. Williams, Chancellor. Suit by P. B. Woollard, administrator of the estate of J. C. Saia, deceased, against C. G. Giglio. Decree for plaintiff, and defendant appeals. Reversed, and petition dismissed. There is one question in this record and that is whether' or not the acts of a minor who has been duly appointed by a court which had jurisdiction over both the person of the minor and the subject-matter will be set aside after a final decree has been rendered approving a contract entered into by such administratrix. The court held in this…
1Opinion of the CourtEthridge, J.
On the 13th day of November, 1918, Mrs. M. O. Saia filed a petition in the chancery court for letters of administration upon the estate of J. C. Saia, alleging that he died intestate on the loth day of October, 1918, and that petition*12er was the only heir of the deceased, being his wife and only heir at law, alleging that deceased owned a house valued at four thousand, five hundred dollars, which was encumbered to the extent of four thousand dollars, and .personal property consisting mainly of groceries and fixtures amounting to one thousand, two hundred fifty dollars, and praying to be…
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