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CHEATHAM, ET AL. v. BURNSIDE, ET AL.

No. 39457.

222 Miss. 872 (1955)

77 So.2d 719

CHEATHAM, et al. v. BURNSIDE, et al.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

February 7, 1955.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Strong & Smith, Louisville; Clayton Lewis, Dees Stribling, Philadelphia, for appellants.

A.B. Amis, Newton; J.B. Hillman, Philadelphia; Melvin, Melvin & Melvin, Laurel, for appellees.

HALL, J.

This suit involves the validity of the alleged last will and testament of Sim Burnside who died December 31, 1952, at the age of eighty-three. The purported will was admitted to probate in common form and shortly thereafter was contested by the appellees on the ground that the testator at the time of the execution of the will on April 8, 1952, did not have sufficient mental...

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