Wells v. Brooks

Miss Ella Y. Fowler departed this life intestate in Marshall County, Mississippi, August 31, 1943. She owned at that time her home in Holly Springs, Mississippi, occupied alone by her as her residence, and 160 acres of land located in Marshall and Tate Counties, $3,086 cash in bank, a small amount of uncollected rents, and household and kitchen furniture valued at $112. She had never married and had only collateral heirs, who were numerous and located in different places. Claude Brooks, one of her heirs, qualified as administrator of her estate in Marshall County. He, with certain of the…