Last Will & Testament of Francis v. Francis

SUGG, Presiding Justice,

for the Court:

Appellants filed a petition on September 10, 1980 to set aside a decree of the Forrest County Chancery Court rendered on January 2, 1973. The 1973 decree modified a former decree which approved the final account in the Estate of Nan M. Francis and construed her will. The petition named seventeen respondents, one was the administrator of the estate, and the remaining sixteen were the nieces and nephews of decedent who were devisees and legatees under the will.

Four of the nieces and nephews filed special demurrers, three other nieces and nephews filed…