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MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE v. MAY

No. 40969.

235 Miss. 200 (1959)

108 So.2d 703

MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE, et al. v. MAY, et al.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

February 9, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wells, Thomas & Wells, Milton H. Mitchell, Cecil F. Travis, Willis T. Matthews, Jackson; Brunini, Everett, Grantham & Quinn, and Dent, Ward, Martin & Perry, Vicksburg, for appellants.

Emmette P. Allen, Brookhaven; J.T. Drake, Jr., Port Gibson, for appellees.

Green, Green & Cheney, Jackson, Amicus Curiae.

ETHRIDGE, J.

This case involves issues concerning interpretation and application of the mortmain provision of the Mississippi Constitution, Sec. 270, and the mortmain statute enacted pursuant to it. Miss. Code 1942, Sec. 671. These enactments limit the amount and time of bequests or devises by will to charitable, religious, educational or civil institutions, and the period which...

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