Miller v. Keith
Mississippi Supreme Court
On appeal from the probate court of Panola county. The plaintiff in error, Miller, and the defendant in error, Keith, both applied to the probate court of Panola county, for letters of administration with the will annexed, on the estate of James C. Watson, deceased, who, at the time of his death, was a citizen of Georgia, and died in that State, in the year 1843. These applications were made to the probate court, in 1849, and Keith’s application was accompanied with a…
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On appeal from the probate court of Panola county. The plaintiff in error, Miller, and the defendant in error, Keith, both applied to the probate court of Panola county, for letters of administration with the will annexed, on the estate of James C. Watson, deceased, who, at the time of his death, was a citizen of Georgia, and died in that State, in the year 1843. These applications were made to the probate court, in 1849, and Keith’s application was accompanied with a certified copy of the will of said Watson, duly authenticated and admitted to probate. Miller withdrew his application for…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Fisher
This case is submitted to the court on a motion to dismiss the appeal, on the ground that it is not shown by the record, that the appellant was interested either as a creditor or legatee in the estate, upon which the court below granted letters of administration to Keith.
Upon a close inspection of the record it will be seen, that the appellant was not even a party to the proceedings in the court below. He withdrew his petition, praying a grant of letters of administration to him on Watson’s estate. It was by this petition that he made his appearance in court; and when He withdrew it, we must…
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