ESTATE OF McCULLOUGH v. YATES

No. 2009-CA-00149-SCT.

32 So.3d 403 (2010)

In the Matter of the ESTATE OF Thelma M. McCULLOUGH, Deceased. Arlean Morant Leach, Daniel Lawrence Morant, Jr., Linda Ann Morant, Tommy Earl Morant, Carolyn Ann Morant Fairley, Johnny Earl Morant, James Morant, Jr., Jessica Morant and Kendrian Collins v. Geraldine YATES, Administratrix, Jim Hood and State of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied April 29, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arin Clark Adkins, Jackson, Nathan Lester Clark, III, Lester Clark, Jr., Lexington, attorneys for appellants.

Office of the Attorney General by Shawn Stephen Shurden, Wilson Douglas Minor, Patricia Ann Catchings, attorneys for appellees.

Before GRAVES, P.J., DICKINSON and CHANDLER, JJ.


CHANDLER, Justice, for the Court.

¶ 1. In this appeal, the appellants seek a determination that they are the heirs at law of Thelma Morant McCullough (McCullough), deceased, in order receive the assets of her estate through representation. At the time of McCullough's death, she left no surviving spouse, children, or parent. While she was an only child born to James Jefferson Morant and Alice O. Bush, McCullough had five half-siblings through the marriage of her...

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