HOOD v. VANDEVENDER

No. 91-CA-00932-SCT.

661 So.2d 198 (1995)

A. Robin HOOD, Cornelia R. Hood and the Estate of Chrysler Wayne Vandevender, Deceased, Gloria Jean Vandevender Birdsong, Administratrix v. Linda Janell VANDEVENDER and The Estate of Chrysler Wayne VANDEVENDER, Deceased, Gloria Jean Vandevender Birdsong, Administratrix v. A. Robin HOOD, Cornelia R. Hood and Linda Janell Vandevender.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

September 14, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Harold Graham, Crystal Springs, R. Charles Robb, Jackson, for appellant.

Suzanne Holmes Ainsworth, Jackson, for appellee.

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


BANKS, Justice, for the Court:

This case requires us to consider whether evidence of a guilty plea to the charge of manslaughter is sufficient, standing alone, to enable a fact finder to conclude that one is prohibited from inheriting under our statutes which precluding one who willfully kills another from inheriting from that person. We follow established precedent and hold that it is not. We are also asked to decide whether a foreclosure must be set aside for the...

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