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ESTATE OF HENSLEY v. ESTATE OF HENSLEY

No. 57636.

524 So.2d 325 (1988)

ESTATE OF Fred B. HENSLEY, Deceased, Wilson Barrett Hensley, Executor, v. ESTATE OF Hazel O. HENSLEY, Deceased, Gerald M. Owen, Executor.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

April 27, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eugene D. Brown, Jr., Spencer & Brown, Holly Springs, for appellant.

Colmon S. Mitchell, Smith, Phillips & Mitchell, Batesville, for appellee.

Before ROY NOBLE LEE, C.J., and SULLIVAN and GRIFFIN, JJ.

GRIFFIN, Justice, for the Court:

This dispute between estates turns on whether the lower court erred in construing an ante-nuptial agreement giving Hazel O. Hensley, now deceased, an award of monthly installments from her deceased husband as a part of his promise to support her therein from his "personal estate." Mrs. Hensley filed a petition for specific performance, which the court granted allowing Hazel Hensley $1,000 per month for the remainder of her lifetime...

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