Legal Opinion
DEPOSIT GUAR. NAT. BANK v. Cotten
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided October 6, 1982No. 53708PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
420 So.2d 242 (1982)
DEPOSIT GUARANTY NATIONAL BANK, Catherine M. Fortenberry, John L. Sullivan and Jackie Sullivan
v.
Joel COTTEN.
No. 53708.
Supreme Court of Mississippi.
October 6, 1982.
Scales & Scales, Clarence R. Scales, Jackson, Wells & Blalock, Calvin B. Wells, Natchez, for appellants.
W.W. Hewitt, Meadville, for appellee.
Before SUGG, HAWKINS and PRATHER, JJ.
PRATHER, Justice, for the Court:
The appellants, as beneficiaries and trustee, filed a petition in the Chancery Court of Franklin County to probate a copy of Louise Cotten's 1961 will. Mrs. Cotten's husband, Joel Cotten, contested the…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Maynard v. KeeneMichigan Supreme Court · 1915
- Tucker v. WhiteheadMississippi Supreme Court · 1882
- Carradine v. Estate of CarradineMississippi Supreme Court · 1880
- Warren v. Sidney's EstateMississippi Supreme Court · 1938
- Adams, Etc. v. DavisMississippi Supreme Court · 1958
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3Cited by3 opinions
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