IN RE ESTATE OF BRISCOE

No. 47438.

293 So.2d 6 (1974)

In the Matter of the ESTATE OF Mrs. Sallie S. BRISCOE, Deceased. Howard C. BRISCOE et al., Proponents/Appellants, v. James Upton BRISCOE et al., Contestants/Appellees.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

April 8, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hugh L. Bailey, Winona, for proponents/appellants.

J.W. Kellum, Sumner, for contestants/appellees.


PATTERSON, Justice:

This appeal arises from the Chancery Court of the Second Judicial District of Carroll County. There upon an issue of devisavit vel non a jury verdict was returned against the will of Mrs. Sallie S. Briscoe.

The only question submitted to the jury was whether Mrs. Sallie Briscoe was mentally competent to execute the will on March 16, 1964. The jury's verdict was a tacit finding by it that the testatrix...

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