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MATTER OF ESTATE OF DEDEAUX

No. 90-CA-0216.

584 So.2d 419 (1991)

In the MATTER OF the ESTATE of H. Howard DEDEAUX, Deceased. Gary DEDEAUX, Mike Dedeaux, Vaughn Dedeaux, Laveda Camp and Ruth Dedeaux Oswalt v. Kay Dedeaux.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

July 31, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hunter M. Gholson, Aubrey E. Nichols, Gholson Hicks & Nichols; Columbus, for appellant.

Thomas B. Storey, Jr., A.M. Edwards, Edwards Storey Marshall & Helveston, West Point, for appellee.

Before HAWKINS, P.J., and PITTMAN and McRAE, JJ.

HAWKINS, Presiding Justice, for the Court:

Michael, Gary and Vaughn Dedeaux, the sons of H. Howard Dedeaux, joined by their mother, Mrs. Ruth Dedeaux Oswalt and Laveda Camp, have appealed the decree of the chancery court of Clay County construing a holographic will of Dedeaux's to leave his entire estate to Kay Dedeaux, the stepmother of the sons. We find the chancellor followed well-settled principles in construing the will and affirm.

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