Garrett v. Bohannon

BANKS, Justice,

for the Court:

■ Ms. Mary Garrett (Mary), sole devisee and legatee named in the original will of Mrs. Beatrice Jones, deceased, appeals from denial of her Miss.R.Civ.P. 60(b)(4) motion challenging the validity of the chancellor’s order establishing and admitting to probate a codicil to the will which added Mr. Jasper Bohannon and Ms. Augusta Hulley as beneficiaries of decedent’s estate. The challenged order was rendered absent joinder of other interested parties contrary to the provisions of Miss.Code Ann. § 91-7-25 (1972). Because joinder of all interested parties is…