Adams, Etc. v. Davis

This is a will contest involving the alleged last will and testament of Vera Manese White, deceased. Vera Man*232ese White died on March 2, 1955. At the time of her death she owned approximately 285 acres of land in Noxubee County, on which she and her husband, Tom White, had resided for many years. This land comprised substantially Vera’s entire estate. She and her husband had no children, and Tom survived his wife as her sole heir at law. He died intestate on April 18, 1955, a little more than one month after the death of his wife. Tom was a competent painter and paper hanger and pursued his…