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JOHNSON v. HOWELL

No. 89-CA-0321.

592 So.2d 998 (1991)

Keith Ivy JOHNSON, Individually, By and Through Mississippi Protection and Advocacy System, Roy C. Ivy in His Fiduciary Capacity as Guardian of Keith Ivy Johnson and Roy C. Ivy, Individually v. Hildred HOWELL, Oleta Senter, Lemois Johnson, Beatrice Stephens, Vera Johnson, Vester Johnson, Wiley Lester Johnson, Dr. Dwight A. Johnson, Dr. Charles D. Johnson and Alton Johnson.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

December 31, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David R. Sparks, Sparks Wicker & Colburn, Tupelo, Shirley Payne, Horn & Payne, Jackson, for appellants.

Thomas A. Pritchard, Tupelo, for appellees.

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

DAN M. LEE, Presiding Justice, for the Court:

This appeal involves two separate and conflicting Itawamba County Chancery Court decrees each of which adjudicated the intestate distribution of Dalton Johnson's estate. While the family tragedy which led to this case makes it all too clear that intestate statutes are imperfect tools for determining how a decedent would have distributed his property had he been able to divine the future, the laws of this State, as well...

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