Mississippi Baptist Foundation, Inc. v. Estate of Matthews

791 So.2d 213 (2001)

MISSISSIPPI BAPTIST FOUNDATION, INC.,

v.

The ESTATE OF Bertha Gandy MATTHEWS, Deceased.

No. 2000-CA-00225-SCT.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

August 2, 2001.

Leonard D. Van Slyke, Jr., Jackson, Attorney for Appellant.

Carolyn Buttles Mills, Jerry L. Mills, Ridgeland, Attorneys for Appellee.

BEFORE BANKS, P.J., MILLS AND COBB, JJ.

MILLS, J., for the Court:

¶ 1. This is an appeal by the Mississippi Baptist Foundation, Inc., from an adverse decree entered in the Chancery Court of Madison County, in favor of the estate of Bertha Gandy Matthews.

FACTS

¶ 2. Bertha Gandy Matthews and her…