Simpson v. Simpson
Mississippi Supreme Court
“Appeal from the chancery court of Bolivar county. Hon. Joe May, Chancellor. Proceeding to probate the will of S. J. Simpson, deceased. The widow, Mrs. Mary M. Simpson, having renounced the will, Geo. H. Simpson and another, beneficiaries, filed a protest which was stricken from the files and they appeal. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtHoldeN, J.
S. J. Simpson died, leaving a will in which he devised his property to his wife and certain other legatees named therein. When the will was offered for probate the widow, the appellee, Mrs. Mary M. Simpson, filed a caveat against the probate, and contested the validity of the will. Upon the trial of the issue of de.visavit vel non the will was decreed to be valid, and was ordered probated. Whereupon the appellee, who was the sole heir at law of the deceased, renounced the will in the manner and form provided hy section 5086', Code of 1906. Subsequently, the appellants, who were the other…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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