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CARLISLE v. ESTATE OF CARLISLE

No. 46306.

252 So.2d 894 (1971)

Steven Earl CARLISLE, Minor, by Mattie J. Carlisle, next friend, Complainant/Appellant, v. ESTATE of Addie W. CARLISLE, Deceased, Wood B. Hall, Administrator, C.T.A., Respondent/Appellee.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

October 4, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ramsey, Bodron & Thames, Vicksburg, for appellant.

Dent, Ward, Martin & Terry, Vicksburg, for appellee.

PATTERSON, Justice:

This is an appeal by Steven Earl Carlisle, minor, from an adverse judgment of the Chancery Court of Warren County wherein the chancellor construed the word "home" in the holographic will of Addie W. Carlisle to connotate a house and two acres of contiguous land.

The testatrix and her husband formerly lived in Sharkey County on a tract of land owned by the husband. In 1952 the couple, who had no children, moved to Warren County to reside...

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