Legal Opinion

Watson, Etc. v. Caffery

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided March 16, 1959No. 41083PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtKyle, J.

This case is before us on appeal by Roy M. Watson, Executor, and Lucille M. Mortimer Wiegand and Joan Mortimer Williams, devisees, defendants in the court below, from a decree of the Chancery Court of Harrison County construing the last will and testament and codicil of Mrs. Lucille B. Gillis, deceased, and also cross-appeal of Mrs. Daphne Gillis Caffery, petitioner, from that part of the decree which confirmed the appointment of said executor.

The record shows that the testatrix, Mrs. Lucille B. Gillis, died on March 7, 1957, and that her last will and testament and codicil were duly admitted…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Ball v. PhelanMississippi Supreme Court · 1908
  2. Temple v. First Nat. Bank of MeridianMississippi Supreme Court · 1947

3Cited by11 opinions

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  2. Garrett v. GayMississippi Supreme Court · 1981
  3. Cartwright v. Deposit Guar. Nat. BankMississippi Supreme Court · 1996
  4. Estate of WaitzmanMississippi Supreme Court · 1987
  5. Davis v. DavisMississippi Supreme Court · 1987

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