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STUTTS v. ESTATE OF STUTTS

No. 44221.

194 So.2d 229 (1967)

Maggie Brown STUTTS, Mother and Next Friend of Three Minors, and Myles Stutts v. ESTATE of George W. STUTTS, Sr., Deceased.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

January 23, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry, Barbour & DeCell, Yazoo City, J.A. Travis, Jr., Jack H. Young, Jackson, for appellant.

Morse & Morse, Creekmore & Beacham, Ben Block Jones, Aaron L. Ford, James W. Newman, III, Jackson, for appellee.

ETHRIDGE, Chief Justice:

This case involves two groups of claimants to portions of the estate of George W. Stutts, Sr., deceased. He died intestate in 1964 and left a substantial estate. The issue centers around the interpretation and effect of a "legitimation of issue" section in the 1962 statute establishing grounds and procedures for the adjudication and annulment of marriages. Miss. Laws 1962, Ch. 278, being Miss. Code Ann. §§ 2748-01 to 2748-08 (Supp...

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