IN RE ESTATE OF KELLY

No. 2005-CT-00011-SCT.

951 So.2d 543 (2007)

In the Matter of the ESTATE OF Alvarado H. KELLY, Deceased. William Kelly v. Sarah D. Cuevas.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied March 29, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Floyd J. Logan, Gulfport, attorney for appellant.

Nicholas M. Haas, Waveland, attorney for appellee.

EN BANC.


ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI

COBB, Presiding Justice, for the Court.

¶ 1. Faced with a challenge to its jurisdiction filed by William R. Kelly, Sr. (Kelly), the Hancock County Chancery Court found that the will of Alvarado H. Kelly (decedent) was a foreign will governed by Miss.Code Ann. Section 91-7-33 (Rev. 2004) which authorizes the probate of a foreign will in Mississippi courts if it affects or disposes of property within this state. The trial...

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