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HENRY, ET AL. v. TONEY, ET AL.

No. 38785.

217 Miss. 716 (1953)

64 So.2d 904

33 Adv. S. 19

HENRY, et al. v. TONEY, et al.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

May 25, 1953.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roy J. Goss and Williams & Williams, for appellants.

Kelly J. Hammond, James R. Davis, Henry Mounger, M.M. Roberts, Wm. H. Morrow and Joe A. Thompson, for appellees.

ETHRIDGE, J.

This case involves the interpretation of the effect of Code of 1942, Section 479, which forbids a person who wilfully causes the death of another to inherit property from the latter.

John Henry married Bertha Toney around 1912. These persons, both Negroes, had no children, and in August 1936, were living in the City of Kent in Portage County, Ohio. Prior to...

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