IN RE ESTATE OF MATHIS

No. 2001-CA-00165-COA.

800 So.2d 119 (2001)

In the Matter of the ESTATE OF T. Edgar MATHIS, Deceased. Cornelius Parks and Sonja Parks, Appellants v. Richard Mathis, Executor, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Mississippi.

November 6, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory Livingston Harper, Jackson, for Appellants.

George C. Williams, Quitman, for Appellee.

Before McMILLIN, C.J., BRIDGES, CHANDLER, and BRANTLEY, JJ.


BRANTLEY, J., for the Court:

¶ 1. Cornelius and Sonja Parks (Parkses) filed a petition for a will contest in the Chancery Court of Clarke County asserting that they were the natural, illegitimate children of T. Edgar Mathis and requested that the last will and testament be declared void. Their request was denied based on a failure to timely file a claim of inheritance. On appeal, the Parkses argue that the statute of limitations had not run because the executor...

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