Legal Opinion

Matter of Estate of Ware

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided December 19, 1990No. 90-CA-0345PublishedCited by 33 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

573 So.2d 773 (1990)

In the Matter of the ESTATE OF James W. WARE, Deceased.

Deborah J. SCHMITT, Administratrix

v.

Jeraldine CAPERS.

No. 90-CA-0345.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

December 19, 1990.

Woodrow W. Pringle, III, Gulfport, for appellant.

Jim W. Rose, Gulfport, for appellee.

Before HAWKINS, P.J., and PRATHER and SULLIVAN, JJ.

PRATHER, Justice, for the Court:

I. INTRODUCTION

This case involves an appeal of a chancellor's rejection of a request to file an out-of-time appeal. Deborah J. Schmitt, administratix of James W. Ware's estate, made the request and cited "excusable neglect" as her basis,…

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2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Box v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1983
  2. Fallen v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  3. Douglas E. Baker v. Larry RaulieCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1989
  4. Parke-Chapley Construction Company, an Illinois Corporation, Plaintiff v. Thomas F. CherringtonCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1989
  5. S. John Chipser v. Kohlmeyer & Co., a Partnership, and Thomson & McKinnon Auchincloss Kohlmeyer, Inc., a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979

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3Cited by33 opinions

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  3. Byrd v. Biloxi Regional Medical CenterCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 1998
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  5. Steinwinder v. Aetna Cas. and Sur. Co.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1999

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