Legal Opinion

Taylor v. Bell

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided February 15, 1943No. 35250PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtAnderson, P. J.

Sam Mathews died on February 25, 1926, leaving surviving him as his sole heirs at law one son, T. J. Mathews,, who was eighteen years of age, and four daughters, adults, Inez Mathews, Pearl Mathews Taylor, Lula Mathews and Ora Mae Mathews. He left a last will and testament in which he devised, after disposing of other property, 366 acres in Tunica County to his five children. The son T. J. Mathews on the 15th day of October, 1926, married the complainant, the appellee in this case, whose name now is Mary Lee Clark Mathews Bell. He died April 2, 1939, leaving as his sole heir his wife, the…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Bates v. StricklandMississippi Supreme Court · 1925
  2. Harvison v. TurnerMississippi Supreme Court · 1917
  3. Darrow v. MooreMississippi Supreme Court · 1932
  4. Tate v. BushMississippi Supreme Court · 1884

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Pray v. HewittMississippi Supreme Court · 1965
  2. Mississippi Power & Light Co. v. Town of ColdwaterDistrict Court, N.D. Mississippi · 1958
  3. Gilbert v. First National BankDistrict Court, S.D. Mississippi · 1978

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