Slaughter v. Garland
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the Probate Court of Hinds county. Hon. John W. Robb, judge. On tbe 9th of January, 1863, appellee filed her petition in the Probate Court of Hinds county, in which sbe asked that her legal share of the estate of her husband might be allotted to ber according to tbe laws of this State.
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Appeal from the Probate Court of Hinds county. Hon. John W. Robb, judge. On tbe 9th of January, 1863, appellee filed her petition in the Probate Court of Hinds county, in which sbe asked that her legal share of the estate of her husband might be allotted to ber according to tbe laws of this State. The petition represented that appellee was a resident of the city of Lynchburg, Virginia, was the widow of Samuel Garland, senior, deceased, who was, at the time of his death, a citizen of said city and State. That be died in November, 1861, without leaving any child or descendant of any child, him…
1Opinion of the CourtHaNdy, C. J.
On the 9th January, 1863, the appellee filed her petition in the Probate Coiu’t, stating that she was a resident of the State of Virginia, and the widow of Samuel Garland, senior, deceased, who died in November, 1861, a resident of that State, leaving no child or descendant of any child surviving him, and leaving a last will and testament dated 7th December, 1857, and seized and possessed of a large estate, real and personal, both in Virginia and in this State; all of which was disposed of in said will, and provision was made therein for the widow. This will was admitted to probate in…
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