Mundy v. Calvert
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from tbe Probate Court of Franklin county. Hon. James M. Jones, judge. Calvert and wife filed their petition in the Probate Court of Franklin county, against ~W. B. Mundy, George H. Sellers, arid William H. Baldwin, executrix and executors of Littleton Mundy, deceased. Petition filed July, 1858, and showed that appellants had qualified as executrix and executors in January, 1855, under the will.
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Appeal from tbe Probate Court of Franklin county. Hon. James M. Jones, judge. Calvert and wife filed their petition in the Probate Court of Franklin county, against ~W. B. Mundy, George H. Sellers, arid William H. Baldwin, executrix and executors of Littleton Mundy, deceased. Petition filed July, 1858, and showed that appellants had qualified as executrix and executors in January, 1855, under the will. That by the terms of the will Mrs. Calvert was entitled to a specific legacy of slaves, and one-sixth of certain other property, notes, and moneys, which property, notes, etc., are specifically…
1Opinion of the CourtIIabRis, J.
The defendants in error filed their petition in the Probate Court against the appellants and others, legatees and distributees of the estate of Littleton Mundy, deceased, praying distribution and payment to petitioners of the several sums of money specified in the petition as due to petitioners. There was answer filed for W. H. Baldwin, one of the executors, which was rejected by the court, because it was not sworn to. There was also a plea filed by the executrix and executors which was adjudged insufficient, and the said executrix and executors were required to answer further. The same…
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