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Matter of Estate of O'Donnell

Supreme Court of Mississippi
Sep 3, 1974
299 So. 2d 682 (Miss. 1974)

Opinion

No. 47666.

September 3, 1974.

Appeal from the Chancery Court, Hinds County, J.C. Stennett, Chancellor.

Barnett, Montgomery, McClintock Cunningham, Jackson, for claimants-appellants.

Fox Gowan, David K. McGowan, Jackson, for petitioner-appellee.


This is an appeal from a decree of the Chancery Court of the First Judicial District of Hinds County. In that proceeding the court denied the claims of ownership of Mary Emma Allen and Winnie Lou Smith to seven $1000 Series H United States Savings Bonds. It was the court's opinion that the basis of the ownership urged by the claimants, a gift causa mortis, had not been established.

The issue before this Court is whether the trial court erred in law or in fact in its holding.

We are of the opinion that all issues presented with reference to the transfer of government bonds are controlled by that which was stated in Greer v. Hampton, 240 So.2d 253 (Miss. 1970). The decree of the lower court is therefore affirmed.

Affirmed.

GILLESPIE, C.J., and INZER, SMITH and SUGG, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Matter of Estate of O'Donnell

Supreme Court of Mississippi
Sep 3, 1974
299 So. 2d 682 (Miss. 1974)
Case details for

Matter of Estate of O'Donnell

Case Details

Full title:In the Matter of the ESTATE of Helen K. O'DONNELL, Deceased. Mary Emma…

Court:Supreme Court of Mississippi

Date published: Sep 3, 1974

Citations

299 So. 2d 682 (Miss. 1974)