Legal Opinion

Jay v. Thrash

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided March 12, 1980No. 51765PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

BROOM, Justice,

for the Court:

Execution and attestation of a purported Last Will and Testament are at issue in this case appealed from the Chancery Court of Lauderdale County. In that court Tiny Bell filed for probate a document said to be Greta Meador McKellar’s true Last Will and Testament. The matter was contested and after hearing testimony the lower court *1274found that the document was statutorily deficient and therefore invalid. From the chancellor’s refusal to admit the document to probate, Tiny Bell, administratrix, Lucille Jay, Larry Jay, Jo Jo Brewer, Luciana Brewer and Marie Brewer…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Wilson v. PoliteMississippi Supreme Court · 1969
  2. Austin v. PatrickMississippi Supreme Court · 1937
  3. Batchelor v. PowersMississippi Supreme Court · 1977
  4. Kennard v. EvansMississippi Supreme Court · 1953

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. MATTER OF ESTATE OF McKELLARMississippi Supreme Court · 1980

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