ESTATE OF GRIFFITH v. GRIFFITH

No. 2008-IA-01557-SCT.

30 So.3d 1190 (2010)

In the Matter of the ESTATE OF Howard GRIFFITH, Deceased: Garland Griffith v. Jimmy GRIFFITH and Jerry Griffith.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

March 25, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jay L. Jernigan, Hattiesburg, attorney for appellant.

F. Kirk Nelson, Jackson, attorney for appellees.

EN BANC.


LAMAR, Justice, for the Court:

¶ 1. In this will contest, the petitioner appeals from the chancellor's order rejecting the probate of the decedent's alleged last will and testament. At issue is whether the last will and testament was properly executed under Mississippi Code Section 91-5-1 (Rev.2004), when the two attesting witnesses claim they were unaware that the document they signed was a will. We affirm the trial court and find that attesting witnesses to...

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