Wills shall be proved in and letters testamentary thereon granted by the chancery court of the county in which the testator had a fixed place of residence. If he had no fixed place of residence and land be devised in the will, it shall be proved in and letters granted by the chancery court of the county where the land, or some part thereof, is situated. If the testator had no fixed place of residence and personal property only be disposed of by the will, it may be proved in and letters granted by the chancery court of the county where the testator died, or of the county in which some part of the property may be.
Miss. Code Ann. § 91-7-1
Venue of proof of wills
Applied in 5 court decisions — leading case 491 So. 2d 189 - Harper v. Harper (1986)
Most recently applied in In Re Estate of Kelly (January 2007)
Codes, Hutchinson’s 1848, ch. 49, art. 1 (24); 1857, ch. 60, art. 42; 1871, § 1098; 1880, § 1960; 1892, § 1813; 1906, § 1988; Hemingway’s 1917, § 1653; 1930, § 1599; 1942, § 495.
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