MATTER OF ESTATE OF DAVIS

No. 57062.

510 So.2d 798 (1987)

In the Matter of the ESTATE of Mary Belle Davis, Deceased. Linda Mattox Sims and Henry E. Mattox v. Hallie S. STENNIS, Thomas L. Stennis, II, Individually, and Thomas L. Stennis, II, Executor.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

July 29, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack B. Weldy, Hattiesburg, for appellants.

W. Raymond Hunter, Bryant, Stennis & Colingo, Gulfport, for appellees.

Before ROY NOBLE LEE, P.J., and DAN M. LEE and GRIFFIN, JJ.


GRIFFIN, Justice, for the Court:

This case, concerning the admission of a will to probate, comes to the Court from the Chancery Court of Kemper County, which dismissed an action, contesting the will, pursuant to M.R.C.P. 12(b)(1) and 12(b)(6). We affirm.

On September 19, 1969, Mary Belle Davis executed a writing, styled "Last Will and Testament." Likewise, on June 16, 1973 and February 11, 1978, she executed codicils to her will. On November 1, 1982, Davis...

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