MATTER OF ESTATE OF STUTTS

No. 57860.

529 So.2d 177 (1988)

In the Matter of the ESTATE OF George W. STUTTS, Sr., Deceased Emmanuel Stutts, et al. v. George Washington STUTTS, Jr., et al.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

July 27, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barry W. Gilmer, Gilmer Law Firm, Jackson, for appellants.

Alex A. Alston, Jr., Janice Holley Parsons, Charles R. Davis, and Julie E. Chaffin, Thomas, Price, Alston, Jones & Davis, James E. Lambert, James A. Keith-Brunini, Grantham, Grower & Hewes, George F. Woodliff, III, Heidelberg, Woodliff & Franks, David K. McGowan, Dan W. Morse, Morse & Morse, Jackson, for appellees.

Before DAN M. LEE, P.J., and SULLIVAN and ZUCCARO, JJ.


ZUCCARO, Justice, for the Court:

The issue in this case is whether the Chancery Court of Hinds County erred in dismissing, on the basis of res judicata and collateral estoppel, the complaint of appellants which alleged that they were the illegitimate children of George Washington Stutts, Sr., deceased, who should, in spite of their illegitimate status, share in decedent's estate pursuant to the illegitimate inheritance provisions...

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