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ESTATE OF JONES v. HOWELL

No. 93-IA-00569-SCT.

687 So.2d 1171 (1996)

In the Matter of the ESTATE OF Samuel Otto JONES, Jr. Sandra Jones Penalver, Individually and as Administratrix of the Estate of Samuel Otto Jones, Jr., Deceased, Carol Ann Jones Mangum and Judy Mae Jones Kackley v. Sharon Browder HOWELL, Natural Mother and Natural Guardian of Samuel Clinton Howell.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied January 23, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Travis T. Vance, Jr., Vicksburg, James W. Nobles, Jr., Jackson, for Appellants.

Raymond O. Boutwell, Jr., Brookhaven, Birdia Greer Pitts, Dunwoody, GA, for Appellee.

Before DAN LEE, C.J., and BANKS and MILLS, JJ.

DAN LEE, Chief Justice, for the Court:

The Appellants, the sisters of the deceased, Samuel Otto Jones, Jr. (hereinafter Jones), brought an action in the Warren County Chancery Court to determine Jones' wrongful death beneficiaries for purposes of bringing a wrongful death action against the tortfeasor responsible for Jones' death. The lower court held that Jones' natural son, Samuel Clinton Howell, who had been adopted...

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