Hairston v. Hairston
Mississippi Supreme Court
Ik error from the Probate Court of Lowndes county. Hon. Nathaniel E. Goodwin, judge. On the 22nd day of September, 1841, Robert Hairston, the decedent, made and executed his holographic will, in the county of Lowndes, in this state, whereby he devised and bequeathed most of his estate to plaintiffs. This will was executed in duplicate, and a copy sent to each of two brothers, sealed up, with directions that they should not be opened until after his death.
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Ik error from the Probate Court of Lowndes county. Hon. Nathaniel E. Goodwin, judge. On the 22nd day of September, 1841, Robert Hairston, the decedent, made and executed his holographic will, in the county of Lowndes, in this state, whereby he devised and bequeathed most of his estate to plaintiffs. This will was executed in duplicate, and a copy sent to each of two brothers, sealed up, with directions that they should not be opened until after his death. On the 6th of March, 1852, he made another will, in which he gave most of his property to a slave Chrimhiel. This contained no elause of…
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, C. J.
This is a writ of error to a decree of the Court of Probate, of Lowndes county, admitting to probate a paper, purporting to be the last will and testament of Robert Hairston, deceased, dated the 7th of March, 1852.
The plaintiffs in error filed their petition in said court, in which they allege that Robert Hairston, deceased, on the 22nd of September, 1841, made his last will and testament,- by which he devised to Robert Hairston, the son of Samuel Hairston, the whole of his estate, with the exception of a plantation and stock devised to George Hairston, the son of Robert Hairston, a…
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