When any person shall die possessed of goods and chattels or personal estate not bequeathed, the same shall descend to and be distributed among his or her heirs in the same manner that real estate not devised descends.
Structure Mississippi Code
Chapter 1 - Descent and Distribution
§ 91-1-7. Descent of property as between husband and wife
§ 91-1-9. Descent of trust estates
§ 91-1-11. Personal estate to descend as real estate
§ 91-1-13. Estate of testator not disposed of by will to descend
§ 91-1-15. Descent among illegitimates; definitions
§ 91-1-17. Advancement to be brought into hotchpot
§ 91-1-19. Descent of exempt property
§ 91-1-21. Exempt property liable for debt of decedent
§ 91-1-23. Exempt property not to be partitioned in certain cases
§ 91-1-25. Person who has killed another not to inherit from him
§ 91-1-27. How title to property acquired by descent may be made
§ 91-1-29. Heirs to be cited to appear
§ 91-1-31. Judgment as to descent of property cannot be assailed collaterally except for fraud