Parker v. Broadus
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from chancery court of Harrison county. Hon. V. A. Griffith, Chancellor. Application by W. R. Broadus and others for appointment as administrators of the estate of Rufus Broadus, deceased, and by U. B. Parker for probate of will and appointment as executor. From judgment appointing W. R. Broadus and others administrators, and denying the application of U. B. Parker for probate of will and for appointment as executor, U. P. Parker appeals.
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Appeal from chancery court of Harrison county. Hon. V. A. Griffith, Chancellor. Application by W. R. Broadus and others for appointment as administrators of the estate of Rufus Broadus, deceased, and by U. B. Parker for probate of will and appointment as executor. From judgment appointing W. R. Broadus and others administrators, and denying the application of U. B. Parker for probate of will and for appointment as executor, U. P. Parker appeals. Rufus Broadus was the owner of the property, and as such was a free man, endowed with all of the privileges and powers that other Mississippians…
1Opinion of the CourtEthridge, J.
Bufus Broadus, deceased, left a will at his death in the following words:
“I, Bufus Broadus, of Howison, county of Harrison, state of Mississippi, being twenty-one years of age, and of sound and disposing mind, make this my last will and testament.
“I give, devise and bequeath all my estate and property, real and personal, of every kind and nature, together with *705all right, title and interest in possession, reversion, or remainder, which I may have at the time of my death in, or to lands, tenements, hereditaments, or annuities, or rents charged upon, or issued out of them, or goods and chattels…
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