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MATTER OF LAST WILL & TEST. OF BLACKWELL

No. 57927.

531 So.2d 1193 (1988)

In the MATTER OF the LAST WILL and Testament of Cobert C. BLACKWELL. Nadine Fortenberry BLACKWELL v. Mary Ella B. MAGEE, Executrix, et al.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied November 2, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas J. Lowe, Jr., Jackson, for appellant.

Joseph M. Stinson, Tylertown, for appellee.

En Banc.

ROBERTSON, Justice, for the Court:

I.

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