Shepherd v. Townsend

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• stating that a decree directing final distribution of the personal estate made in conformity with law is conclusive as to every matter involved and constitutes a bar to further proceedings concerning the same matter
• construing the predecessor to the present Code section, MISS. CODE ANN. § 1272 (1942)
• where executrix made no inquiry to determine heirship and her attorney only investigated one side of decedent’s family, court found “neither the executrix nor anyone in her behalf exercised ordinary diligence in ascertaining the heirs”

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