TAYLOR v. TOLBERT

No. 2020-CA-00904-SCT.

324 So.3d 763 (2021)

Micheal TAYLOR, Executor of the Estate of Mary Markwell, Deceased, v. Cheryl Markwell TOLBERT.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

July 1, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ATTORNEYS FOR APPELLANT: JOHN THOMAS LAMAR, JR. , Senatobia, TAYLOR ALLISON HECK .

ATTORNEYS FOR APPELLEE: JOSEPH M. SPARKMAN, JR. , JERRY WESLEY HISAW , Southaven.

BEFORE RANDOLPH, C.J., ISHEE AND GRIFFIS, JJ.


¶1. This is an appeal from a chancery court order setting aside the probate of a will after the original was lost. On appeal, Michael Taylor, the sole beneficiary under the lost will, contends that the chancellor erred by applying the presumption that the testatrix had destroyed the will.

¶2. Although...

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