Heirn v. Bridault
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the Court of Probates of Harrison county: Hon. George Holly, judge. The appeliees, E. Bridault and Angelique, his wife, filed their petition in the court below against the appellant, as executor of the will of .Francis Hall, deceased, seeking to set aside the will of said Hall, and to recover the property thereby devised for Mrs. Bridault as his heir at law.
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Appeal from the Court of Probates of Harrison county: Hon. George Holly, judge. The appeliees, E. Bridault and Angelique, his wife, filed their petition in the court below against the appellant, as executor of the will of .Francis Hall, deceased, seeking to set aside the will of said Hall, and to recover the property thereby devised for Mrs. Bridault as his heir at law. The petition states that Mrs. Bridault is the only child and heir of said Hall, who married her mother, Angelique, in the city of New York many years ago, and'lived with her up to the time of her death, which took place on the…
1Opinion of the CourtHarris, J.
The appellees filed their petition in the Probate Court, in behalf of Mrs. Bridault, claiming to be the heir at law of Francis Hall, deceased ; alleging that appellant, as executor of said Hall, had possessed himself of certain personal estate belonging to said decedent, by virtue of a pretended will in favor of one Marcelette Marceau, widow Chatteau, a free woman of color, whom the testator brought from the State of Louisiana, of which State she was a citizen, to reside with him in this State, in fraud of the laws and policy thereof. The petitioner prays that the will in favor of said free…
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