Jones v. Somerville
Mississippi Supreme Court
From the chancery court of Leflore county. Hon. A. MoC. Kimbrough, Chancellor. Mrs. Jones, appellant, was the complainant and Mrs. Somerville, appellee, was defendant in the court below. From a decree dismissing her bill the complainant appealed to the supreme court. The opinion of the court fully states the facts. Under the laws of this state, and most of the other states, a husband cannot disinherit his wife, either directly or indirectly.
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From the chancery court of Leflore county. Hon. A. MoC. Kimbrough, Chancellor. Mrs. Jones, appellant, was the complainant and Mrs. Somerville, appellee, was defendant in the court below. From a decree dismissing her bill the complainant appealed to the supreme court. The opinion of the court fully states the facts. Under the laws of this state, and most of the other states, a husband cannot disinherit his wife, either directly or indirectly. This is clearly shown by § 4496, code 1892, wherein power is given the wife to renounce the provisions made for her in the will of her husband if she be…
1Opinion of the CourtCalhoon, J.
Mrs. Jones seeks cancellation of a voluntary conveyance made by her husband, S. B. Jones, a few months before his death, to the appellee, Mrs. Somerville, a daughter of a former marriage, by which he gave her real estate in value equal to about two-thirds of his entire fortune. This conveyance, the bill charges, was executed secretly, without the wife’s knowledge, and held by the grantee, Mrs. Somerville, until a day or two after Mr. Jones died, when she filed it for record on the day of her father’s funeral. This conveyance reserves to Mr. Jones, the grantor, the ‘‘possession, income and…
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