In any proceeding to contest the validity of a will, all persons interested in such contest shall be made parties.
Miss. Code Ann. § 91-7-25
Necessary parties to contest
Applied in 5 court decisions — leading case 651 So. 2d 1052 - Matter of Estate of McClerkin (1995)
Most recently applied in Nobles v. Gregory Cole, Adm'r & Guideone Specialty Mut. Ins. Co. (In Re Ferrell) (August 2018)
Codes, 1880, § 1968; 1892, § 1823; 1906, § 1998; Hemingway’s 1917, § 1663; 1930, § 1610; 1942, § 506.
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Current official text: Mississippi Code (LexisNexis). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Mississippi statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.