Baugh v. Brimage

This case comes from the Chancery Court of Simpson County and involves an issue as to whether appellant as the husband of the decedent, Mattie Baugh, had by his conduct estopped himself to inherit from her.

It was stipulated between the parties that the appellant and the decedent were lawfully and legally married on February 23, 1929, and that there had never been a divorce.

It was also stipulated that the appellant married one Etta Neely on March 4, 1947, at a time when he and the said Etta Neely were incapable of consummating a legal marriage by virtue of the fact they were both legally…