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J.D. MULLINS v. MRS. J.W. MULLINS

No. 41620.

239 Miss. 751 (1960)

125 So.2d 93

ESTATE OF J.D. MULLINS, DECEASED v. ESTATE OF MRS. JESSIE W. MULLINS, DECEASED

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

December 12, 1960.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kepper & Kepper, Hattiesburg; L.S. McClaren, McComb, for appellant.

Roach & Jones, McComb, for appellee.

ETHRIDGE, J.

(Hn 1) The question in this case is whether the statutory right to renounce a will given to a husband or wife of the deceased spouse may be exercised by the administrator of the estate of the surviving spouse, who died before making an election, or whether the right to elect to take against a will is a personal privilege. We think it is the latter.

Mrs. Jessie W. Mullins, of Pike County...

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