Legal Opinion

Lee v. Lee

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided September 28, 1976No. 48809PublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

337 So.2d 713 (1976)

Frances Simmons LEE, Executrix, et al.

v.

J.C. LEE, Conservator.

No. 48809.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

September 28, 1976.

M.M. Roberts, S. Wayne Easterling, Hattiesburg, for appellants.

Holmes, Dukes & Welborn, Alfred B. Jernigan, Jr., Hattiesburg, for appellee.

Before INZER, SMITH and BROOM, JJ.

BROOM, Justice, for the Court:

While his estate was under conservatorship, Herbert Hall Lee (now deceased) executed his Last Will and Testament without court authority or knowledge of his conservator. The Chancery Court of Forrest County decreed that the Will was invalid, but we reverse.

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Scally v. WardlawMississippi Supreme Court · 1920
  2. Thomas v. HamlinCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1964
  3. Gholson v. PetersMississippi Supreme Court · 1937
  4. Murray v. Secretary of the CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1962
  5. Tucker v. BowenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1968

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3Cited by15 opinions

  1. In Re Estate of MaskMississippi Supreme Court · 1997
  2. USF&G CO. v. Conservatorship of MelsonMississippi Supreme Court · 2002
  3. Harvey v. MeadorMississippi Supreme Court · 1984
  4. Matter of Estate of EdwardsMississippi Supreme Court · 1988
  5. In Re Estate of LaughterMississippi Supreme Court · 2009

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