Cooper v. Bell
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the chancery court of Oktibbeha county. Hon. A..J. McIntyre, Chancellor. Bill by Mrs. Sallie Cooper and others against J. G. Bell and others, to contest codicil to will of J. G. Bell, Sr. From a decree sustaining the codicil, complainants appeal. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court.
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Appeal from the chancery court of Oktibbeha county. Hon. A..J. McIntyre, Chancellor. Bill by Mrs. Sallie Cooper and others against J. G. Bell and others, to contest codicil to will of J. G. Bell, Sr. From a decree sustaining the codicil, complainants appeal. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. The sixth and seventh assignments of error may be treated together, involving as they do the inquiry as to whether or not testator’s daughter, an heir at law, is a competent witness to establish undue influence and mental incompetency in the alleged execution- of wills or codicils.…
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, C. J.
J. G. Bell, Sr., who died on the 7th day of December, 1913, left surviving him four children, to wit, James G. Bell, Jr., Mrs. Sallie Rutland, Mrs. Sallie Cooper, and R. R. Bell. On the 28th day of September, 1912, he executed a last will and testament by which he left the major portion of his property to Mrs. Ruthland, Mrs. Cooper, and R. R. Bell, bequeathing to J. G. Bell, Jr., a nominal legacy of $1. On the 13th day of June, 1913, according to the verdict of the jury in the court below, he executed a codicil by which J. G. Bell, Jr., was admitted to an equal share in the estate with his…
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