CARTER v. BERRY

No. 42019.

243 Miss. 321 (1962)

136 So.2d 871

CARTER, GUARDIAN, et al. v. BERRY, et al.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

January 8, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

O.B. Triplett, Jr., Forest, for appellant, Haskell T. Carter, guardian ad litem.

John H. Holloman, John H. Holloman, III, William J. Threadgill, Dewitt T. Hicks, Jr., Columbus, for appellants, Executors and Trustees under the will of Russell B. Johnston, deceased.

Sams & Sams, Columbus; Fitzhugh, Clay & Hodges, Memphis, Tenn., for appellees, Lounora Johnston Berry and Jerryldine Johnston Ferguson, in reply to brief of guardian ad litem.

Sams & Sams, Columbus; Fitzhugh, Clay & Hodges, Memphis, Tenn., for appellees, Lounora Johnston Berry and Jerryldine Johnston Ferguson, in reply to brief of the executors and trustees.

Sams & Sams, Columbus; Fitzhugh, Clay & Hodges, Memphis, Tenn., for appellees and cross-appellants, Lounora Johnston Berry and Jerryldine Johnston Ferguson.

Sams & Sams, Columbus, Fitzhugh, Clay & Hodges, Memphis, Tenn., on Suggestion of Error.


LEE, P.J.

This litigation involved a construction of the last will and testament of Russell B. Johnston, deceased. It developed, under the pleadings, into a controversy, between the two daughters of the testator, namely, Mrs. Lounora Johnston Berry and Mrs. Jerryldine Johnston Ferguson, on the one hand, and the grandchildren of the testator on the other. The guardian ad litem,...

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