Cain v. Bunkley
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the Court of Probates of Amite county. Hon. B. M. Neilson, judge. The appellants, Cain and Carner, filed their petition in the court below; in which, it is stated, that Amanda J. Bunkley, wife of appellee, in December, 1857, died at the residence of Cain, which, at the time, was her fixed domicil; that, for three months previous to her death, she was living separate and apart from her husband, he having abandoned her for that space of time, refusing to see her,…
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Appeal from the Court of Probates of Amite county. Hon. B. M. Neilson, judge. The appellants, Cain and Carner, filed their petition in the court below; in which, it is stated, that Amanda J. Bunkley, wife of appellee, in December, 1857, died at the residence of Cain, which, at the time, was her fixed domicil; that, for three months previous to her death, she was living separate and apart from her husband, he having abandoned her for that space of time, refusing to see her, and refusing and neglecting to perform any of his duties as husband, even in her last illness. That said Amanda and the…
1Opinion of the CourtHandy, J.
This was a petition, in the Court of Probates, to admit to probate the last will and testament of Amanda A. Bunkley, and stating the following facts: that the testatrix was married to the appellee, in this State, in the year 1853, and became the owner of real and personal estate, as her separate estate, by distribution and possession obtained after the marriage; that for some time previous, and at the time of her death, she was living separate and apart from her husband, who had abandoned her for the space of three months before her death, refusing to see her and neglecting to perform any of…
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