Legal Opinion

Matter of Estate of Grantham

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided July 22, 1992No. 90-CA-641PublishedCited by 24 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

This appeal springs from an unsuccessful motion to set aside the 1980 will of Grace B. Grantham, deceased. The proceedings were filed in the Chancery Court of Lauderdale County, wherein Judge George D. Warner, Jr., entered his Opinion and Judgment on May 16, 1990, dismissing with prejudice the Complaint to Set Aside Will.

The plaintiffs/appellants are all either nephews and nieces of the testatrix or descendants of deceased nephews and nieces. The defendants and beneficiaries under the will are John Roberts, executor of the estate, and William Goodwin. Testatrix Grantham was Goodwin's great…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Mullins v. RatcliffMississippi Supreme Court · 1987
  2. Croft v. AlderMississippi Supreme Court · 1959
  3. Hendricks v. JamesMississippi Supreme Court · 1982
  4. In Re Estate of HarrisMississippi Supreme Court · 1989
  5. Tinnin v. First United Bank of Miss.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1990

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3Cited by24 opinions

  1. Wright v. RobertsMississippi Supreme Court · 2001
  2. In Re Estate of DabneyMississippi Supreme Court · 1999
  3. Estate of Johnson v. JohnsonMississippi Supreme Court · 2017
  4. In Re Estate of SmithMississippi Supreme Court · 2002
  5. Caspelich v. LoewCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2009

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