Legal Opinion

Hancock v. Reedy

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided April 11, 1938No. 33041PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtMcGcwen, J.

Mrs. Nell Johnson Hancock and Mrs. Josephine Johnson Rice, appellants, filed a petition for the removal of Mrs. Catherine Alexander Reedy, administratrix de bonis non and trustee of the estate of J. N. Johnson, deceased. Without detailing the allegations of the petition, in brief it charged a state of facts which showed incompetency of the acting administratrix and trustee, gross mismanagement, and a violation of certain provisions of the will in the management of the trust estate, and that the administratrix and trustee was hostile toward the petitioners who were named beneficiaries under…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Alexander v. HancockMississippi Supreme Court · 1935
  2. Marx v. HaleMississippi Supreme Court · 1919
  3. Kendrick v. KendrickMississippi Supreme Court · 1924

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Costello v. HallMississippi Supreme Court · 1987
  2. Harper v. HarperMississippi Supreme Court · 1986
  3. Jennings v. SrpCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1975
  4. Reedy v. Johnson's EstateMississippi Supreme Court · 1946
  5. Dorsey v. SullivanMississippi Supreme Court · 1946

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