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McCLELLAND v. BK. OF CLARKSDALE

No. 41441.

238 Miss. 557 (1960)

119 So.2d 262

McCLELLAND, et al. v. BANK OF CLARKSDALE, EXR.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

April 4, 1960.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Maynard, Fitzgerald & Maynard, Clarksdale; Watkins, Pyle, Edwards & Ludlam, Jackson, for appellants.

Roberson, Luckett & Roberson, Clarksdale, for appellees, H.L. Weatherall, et als.

Brunini, Everett, Grantham & Quin, Vicksburg, for Dabney and Carson heirs.

ETHRIDGE, J.

A petition was filed for construction of a will jointly executed by husband and wife. The husband predeceased his wife, and the bequests and devises by the husband gave his wife a life estate with unlimited power of disposition, with a remainder in named takers. She did not exercise the power. Some of the remaindermen predeceased the life tenant. The principal questions...

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