IN RE ESTATE OF BURNS

No. 2008-CA-00690-COA.

31 So.3d 1227 (2009)

In the Matter of the ESTATE OF Martha Thomas Kabbes BURNS, One and the Same Person as Martha Thomas Kabbes, Deceased: John Clayton Kabbes, Appellant, v. John Baxter Burns, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied December 8, 2009.

Certiorari Denied April 1, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

L. Breland Hilburn, Jackson, attorney for appellant.

J. Kevin Watson, Jackson, Charles Stephen Stack, attorneys for Appellee.

Before KING, C.J., BARNES and ISHEE, JJ.


ISHEE, J., for the Court.

¶ 1. On a Petition to Pay Escrow Funds filed by John Burns (Burns), the Chancery Court for the First Judicial District of Hinds County, over the objection of John Kabbes (Kabbes), found that funds held in the court registry in the amount of $47,858.74 were wrongful-death benefits. The chancery court found that an antenuptial agreement between Burns and Martha Kabbes Burns (Martha), the deceased, had no bearing on the settlement of the...

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