ESTATE OF SCHNEIDER

No. 90-CA-0252.

585 So.2d 1275 (1991)

ESTATE OF Claude W. SCHNEIDER, Deceased. Charles Schneider v. Drury D. SCHNEIDER, Executrix.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

September 11, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James G. Tucker, III, Clement S. Benvenutti, Bay St. Louis, for appellant.

Jess H. Dickinson, Dickinson & Associates, Gulfport, for appellee.

En Banc.


HAWKINS, Presiding Justice, for the Court:

Charles Schneider appeals from the dismissal of his petition to contest the will of Claude W. Schneider because of his failure to make any attempt to join known interested parties within two years from date of probate of the will in common form. Finding that the Mississippi Rules of Civil Procedure (MRCP) have superseded the Court decisions upon which the chancellor based his dismissal, we reverse.

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