Armstrong v. Walton
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the chancery court of Monroe county. Hon. J. Q. Eobins, Chancellor. Suit by Harriet Armstrong Walton and others against Mary Lou Armstrong. From a judgment for plaintiffs, defendant appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. We contend that the will on the hack of the certificate is such a will as entitled it to probation under the laws of this state.
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Appeal from the chancery court of Monroe county. Hon. J. Q. Eobins, Chancellor. Suit by Harriet Armstrong Walton and others against Mary Lou Armstrong. From a judgment for plaintiffs, defendant appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. We contend that the will on the hack of the certificate is such a will as entitled it to probation under the laws of this state. The court has this original will here-for inspection and we respectfully request the court to examine the same. Your Honors will see that the will is complete and regular in every respect with the exception that…
1Opinion of the CourtReed, J.
This appeal was a controversy between the widow of a deceased member of the Masonic Benefit Association, claiming to be his designated beneficiary, and his children by a former marriage, over the proceeds of an insurance certificate. John Armstrong, at the date of his death, May 3, 1911, was a member in good standing of the Masonic Benefit Association. The certificate of insurance, dated May 27, 1905, was made payable to him upon his death, and was for five hundred dollars. The amount of this insurance was afterwards, by properly adopted order of the association, increased to seven hundred…
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