Legal Opinion
Du Sauzay v. Du Sauzay
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided October 15, 1913PublishedCited by 2 opinions
Appeal from the chancery court of Hancoeke county. Hon. T. A. Wood, Chancellor. Suit by Boch Du Sauzay and others against Joseph Du Sauzay and others to have a will declared void and for a division of the property among the heirs. From a decree denying the prayer of the bill, complainants appeal. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtCook, J.
To properly understand the circumstances surrounding Mrs. Beine De Montluzin when she wrote the instrument propounded for probate as her last will and testament, we think it important to consider the will of her husband, which is as follows:
“This day, the first of June, eighteen hundred and ninety-five.
“I the undersigned Louis Adrienne De Montluzin (Du Sauzay), sound of mind and body, but having reached an age where we cannot and ought not to count on the morrow, desire to express and in fact express my last wishes, as follows:
*840“I give and bequeath all of my property to my beloved companion,…
2Cited by2 opinions
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- Methodist Church of Sturgis, Inc. v. TempletonMississippi Supreme Court · 1965