Malone v. Mooring
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from tbe Probate Court of Marshall county. Hon. Thomas A. Falconer, judge. The facts of the case are set forth in the opinion of the court. No brief on file. The clauses of the will under which the defendants claim their legacies are as follows: “Item 4th. I give to mj son, John Mooring, four hundred acres of land, etc. (describing the land). I also give him negroes to the amount of $3,350, negro men at $800, women at $600, and smaller negroes in proportion. “ 5th.
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Appeal from tbe Probate Court of Marshall county. Hon. Thomas A. Falconer, judge. The facts of the case are set forth in the opinion of the court. No brief on file. The clauses of the will under which the defendants claim their legacies are as follows: “Item 4th. I give to mj son, John Mooring, four hundred acres of land, etc. (describing the land). I also give him negroes to the amount of $3,350, negro men at $800, women at $600, and smaller negroes in proportion. “ 5th. I give to my daughters, Mildred, Susan, Rebecca, Willie, and Lucy, $3,350 each, to be paid them at the age of twenty or…
1Opinion of the Court
Ellett, L,
delivered the opinion of the court.
*250Jobn and Willie Mooring, by their next friend, filed their petition in the Probate Court of Marshall county, at March Term, 1866, against R. II. Malone, executor of James Mooring, deceased, who was the father of petitioners, in which they allege that the said James Mooring died on the first day of May, 185J, leaving a last will and testament, which was admitted to probate at May Term, 1851, and of which the appellant is the surviving and acting executor. That by one clausg of said will the testator bequeathed to the petitioner, Jonn Mooring, when…
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