MATTER OF ESTATE OF LEGGETT

No. 90-CA-0430.

584 So.2d 400 (1991)

In the MATTER OF the ESTATE OF Felton L. LEGGETT, Deceased. Carl N. Berry, Jr. v. Jacqueline L. SMITH, Executrix.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

July 17, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Erwin C. Ward, Gene A. Wilkinson, Stennett Wilkinson & Ward, Jackson, for appellant.

Jerry T. Johnston, Brandon, for appellee.

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


ROBERTSON, Justice, for the Court:

I.

This is the case of the will not found. We know that the testator made a will, leaving his entire estate to his sole surviving daughter, and we have every reason to believe that for years he kept that will in a locked desk drawer. The testator died in late December, 1988, and diligent searchers failed to find the will.

The daughter held a photostatic copy of the will, depicting identically the original, and thereupon...

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