House v. Callicott
Mississippi Supreme Court
PiiOM the chancery court of Tate county. I-ION. James C. LoNGStkeet, Chancellor. ■ Mrs. House, appellant, -was complainant in the court below, and Mrs. Callicott and others, appellees, were defendants there. From a decree in defendant’s favor complainant appealed to the supreme court.
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PiiOM the chancery court of Tate county. I-ION. James C. LoNGStkeet, Chancellor. ■ Mrs. House, appellant, -was complainant in the court below, and Mrs. Callicott and others, appellees, were defendants there. From a decree in defendant’s favor complainant appealed to the supreme court. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court: The authorities in this state sustain compromises where a suit is threatened on a doubtful claim, even though after developments may disclose that there was a perfect defense. Indeed, it is not competent to inquire what defenses might have been interposed to the…
1Opinion of the CourtCalhooN, J.
Plenry M. Callicott, being a widower with one child, Lillian, who is the appellant, married the appellee Jessie, by whom he had two other children, and he made a holographic will, and died leaving a considerable estate and his widow and three children. This will gives to each of these children $10,000, and the residue of his estate to his wife, the appellee, Jessie M. C. Callicott, charged “to educate, support and nourish” the children. Mrs. Lillian House, the child of the first marriage, filed her bill charging that her father, Henry M. Callicott, was under undue influence when he made this…
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