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IN RE ESTATE OF HOLMES

No. 2011-CA-00542-SCT.

101 So.3d 1150 (2012)

In the Matter of the ESTATE OF Lela W. HOLMES, Deceased: Dorothy Wilkins, Walter Holmes, Ollie Mae Pickett, Ruth Greer, Barbara Holmes, Ronald Holmes, Erica Holmes, Dominique Holmes, Natasha Holmes, Robert Holmes, Karen Holmes, Vyron Holmes, Willie James Holmes, Dennis Holmes, Shirley Holmes Brown, Willie Bell Phillips, Douglas Earl Bennett, Christine Lowe, Diane Phillips, Larry Bennett, Milton Bennett, Patricia Kelly, Freddie Bennett, Carolyn Bennett, Gwendolyn Bennett, Tyrone Holmes, Eugene Holmes, Lucille Holmes and Shannon Bennett v. Bertha Holmes Price and Kenny Holmes.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

November 29, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sorie S. Tarawally , Jackson, Johnny Clyde Parker , attorneys for appellants.

Vernon H. Chadwick , Jackson, Stanley F. Stater, III , Canton, attorneys for appellees.

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

DICKINSON, Presiding Justice, for the Court:

¶ 1. The two subscribing witnesses to Lela W. Holmes's will testified that they did not know they were witnessing a will; that Lela did not request they witness a will; and that they did nothing to satisfy themselves that Lela was of sound and disposing mind when she executed the will. Still, the chancellor admitted the will to probate, and the contestants appealed, raising numerous issues. But, because the two subscribing...

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