Harris v. Sellers

446 So.2d 1012 (1984)

Mrs. Willie C. HARRIS & Alma Staten

v.

Buford C. SELLERS, Sr., Executor of Estate of Doris C. Pavlica, Deceased.

No. 54142.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

March 7, 1984.

Paul D. Snow, III, Jackson, for appellant.

Alan M. Purdie, Gore, Gore & Purdie, Grenada, for appellee.

Before ROY NOBLE LEE, P.J., and PRATHER and SULLIVAN, JJ.

PRATHER, Justice, for the Court:

The burden of proof in a will contest suit is the subject matter of this appeal. The contestants are Mrs. Willie C. Harris and Mrs. Alma Staten, who challenge the validity of the will of Mrs. Doris Pavlica, their sister. The…