LAST WILL & TESTAMENT OF LAWSON v. LAMBERT

No. 2000-CA-00003-SCT.

792 So.2d 977 (2001)

In the Matter of the LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT AND ESTATE OF Lucy Anne LAWSON, Deceased: Nell Gravlee Lange v. Martha Moore LAMBERT and Beverly Moore Brantley.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

August 23, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walker W. Jones, III, Sheryl Bey, Jackson, Attorneys for Appellant.

Joseph N. Studdard, Columbus, Attorney for Appellees.

EN BANC.


SMITH, Justice, for the Court:

¶ 1. Lucy Anne Lawson ("Lawson") died on or about January 19, 1997, leaving a holographic will dated July 13, 1996. The will bequeathed Lawson's residence and its "contents" with no residuary clause. The will was admitted to probate by order of the Chancery Court of Monroe County dated February 20, 1997. The Chancellor rendered his judgment on October 26, 1999, from which this appeal is taken.

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