Long v. Mayes
Mississippi Supreme Court
From the chancery court of Copiah county. Hon. G. Garland Ltell, Chancellor. Robert B. Mayes, son of the testator, one of the appellees- and cross-appellant, was complainant in the court below; the other legatees and devisees (Long, appellant, being the guardian ad litem for the infants)' were defendants there. The object of the proceedings was to obtain a judicial construction of the last will and testament of the late Herman B. Mayes, de-. ceased.
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From the chancery court of Copiah county. Hon. G. Garland Ltell, Chancellor. Robert B. Mayes, son of the testator, one of the appellees- and cross-appellant, was complainant in the court below; the other legatees and devisees (Long, appellant, being the guardian ad litem for the infants)' were defendants there. The object of the proceedings was to obtain a judicial construction of the last will and testament of the late Herman B. Mayes, de-. ceased. From a decree, quoted in full in the opinion of the court, the-infant defendants, by Long their guardian ad litem, appealed to the supreme court,…
1Opinion of the CourtWhitfield, C. J.
*740The petition in this case is as follows:
“This, the petition of Bobert B. Mayes, this day exhibited against John B. Mayes, executor of the last will and testament of Herman B. Mayes, deceased, John B. Mayes personally, Jos. H. Mayes, Wm. W. Mayes, Alice Mayes, Mrs. Cynthia A. Ware, Mrs. Mary Jane Decell, Mary E. Cook, Nora Belle Cook, and Carrie Cook, would respectfully state and show to the court as follows:
“(1) That the said defendants John B. Mayes, Jos. D. Mayes, Wm. W. Mayes, Alice Mayes, Mrs. Mary Jane Decell, Mary E. Cook, Nora Belle Cook, and Carrie Cook are all resident citizens of…
2Cited by1 opinion
- Mayes v. MayesMississippi Supreme Court · 1923