Allen v. Peete
Mississippi Supreme Court
In error from the probate court of Tallahatchie county; Hon. S. H. Bullock, judge of the probate court. The opinion of the court contains a sufficient statement of the facts of the case. cited and commented on Hutch. Code, 504, § 125; Spann v. Collins, 10 S. & M. 624.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Smith
This was a contest for letters of guardianship.
The appellant filed his petition in the probate court of Talla-hatchie county, praying to be appointed guardian of the minor children of his deceased brother, Barnabas M. Allen, who had died intestate.
The appellee petitioned at the same time for letters of guardianship. He was connected by marriage with the minors; but bore to them no relationship of blood. Mrs. Allen, the mother, was dead; her death had occurred before that of her husband; and the appellant was the only brother of the latter.
It appears from the evidence in the cause, that the…
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