Legal Opinion
LAST WILL & TESTAMENT OF LAWSON v. Lambert
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided August 23, 2001No. 2000-CA-00003-SCTPublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
792 So.2d 977 (2001)
In the Matter of the LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT AND ESTATE OF Lucy Anne LAWSON, Deceased: Nell Gravlee Lange
v.
Martha Moore LAMBERT and Beverly Moore Brantley.
No. 2000-CA-00003-SCT.
Supreme Court of Mississippi.
August 23, 2001.
Walker W. Jones, III, Sheryl Bey, Jackson, Attorneys for Appellant.
Joseph N. Studdard, Columbus, Attorney for Appellees.
EN BANC.
SMITH, Justice, for the Court:
¶ 1. Lucy Anne Lawson ("Lawson") died on or about January 19, 1997, leaving a holographic will dated July 13, 1996. The will bequeathed Lawson's residence and its "contents" with no residuary clause.…
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- Cooper v. SimmonsMississippi Supreme Court · 1959
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