Ridgeway v. Jones
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from chancery court of Bolivar County. Hon. G-. .E. Williams, Chancellor. Suit hy Mollie Roach Ridgeway and others against F. J. Jones, executor of Samuel Jones, deceased, to have defendant directed to distribute the estate. From a decree dismissing the petition, plaintiffs appeal. The attorneys have the right to prosecute their appeal; they were granted this right by the chancellor; they gave the required bond.
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Appeal from chancery court of Bolivar County. Hon. G-. .E. Williams, Chancellor. Suit hy Mollie Roach Ridgeway and others against F. J. Jones, executor of Samuel Jones, deceased, to have defendant directed to distribute the estate. From a decree dismissing the petition, plaintiffs appeal. The attorneys have the right to prosecute their appeal; they were granted this right by the chancellor; they gave the required bond. Surely, this supreme court will not countenance such a fraud as this executor and the said Mollie Roach Ridgeway undertake to per-' petrate; that is, to permit them to make a…
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, C. J.
This is an appeal from a decree dismissing a (petition praying that an executor be directed to distribute the decedent’s estate in accordance with the terms of his will.
Samuel J ones by his last will and testament devised all of his property to his four children, one of whom' is the appellant Mlollie Roach Ridgeway, and appointed the appellee, F. J. Jones, as his executor, who duly qualified and proceeded to the discharge of his duties as such. Mollie Roach Ridgeway, having failed to obtain what she considered to be her portion of her father’s estate, employed Messrs. Dabney & Dabney and…
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- Ridgeway v. JonesMississippi Supreme Court · 1921
- Solomon v. Continental Baking Co.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1936