The rejection of an ex parte application to probate a will shall not bind any one or extinguish any right.
Structure Mississippi Code
Chapter 7 - Executors and Administrators
§ 91-7-1. Venue of proof of wills
§ 91-7-5. Production of will compelled
§ 91-7-7. Proof of due execution of will
§ 91-7-9. Affidavit of subscribing witness receivable
§ 91-7-10. Affidavits may be used to authenticate holographic wills or codicils
§ 91-7-11. Testimony of absent witness
§ 91-7-13. Testimony on probating will reduced to writing
§ 91-7-15. Will executed by person in armed forces - additional manner of proof
§ 91-7-17. Rejection of will not binding
§ 91-7-19. All interested may be made parties
§ 91-7-21. Caveat against probate may be filed
§ 91-7-23. Validity contested within two years
§ 91-7-25. Necessary parties to contest
§ 91-7-27. Probate of will prima facie evidence
§ 91-7-29. Trial of issue devisavit vel non
§ 91-7-33. Foreign wills recorded
§ 91-7-35. Grant of letters testamentary
§ 91-7-37. Eighteen the age of majority for executors and administrators
§ 91-7-39. Administration with will annexed
§ 91-7-41. Oath and bond of executor or administrator with will annexed
§ 91-7-43. Executor as residuary legatee
§ 91-7-45. When bond not required
§ 91-7-49. Directions of will to be followed
§ 91-7-51. Effect of receipt for money by executor or trustee
§ 91-7-53. Temporary administrator
§ 91-7-55. Estate to be appraised
§ 91-7-57. Powers of temporary administrator
§ 91-7-59. Compensation of temporary administrator
§ 91-7-61. Administrator to institute suits
§ 91-7-65. Persons disqualified to administer
§ 91-7-67. Oath and bond of administrator
§ 91-7-68. Administrator of estate of intestate under legal disability
§ 91-7-69. Administration de bonis non
§ 91-7-71. Rights of administrator de bonis non
§ 91-7-73. County administrator
§ 91-7-75. Bond and oath of county administrator
§ 91-7-77. Additional bond may be required
§ 91-7-79. Letters granted to county administrator
§ 91-7-81. Accounts to be filed when office vacated
§ 91-7-83. Sheriff administrator in certain cases
§ 91-7-85. Removal and surrender of trust
§ 91-7-87. Administration revoked by proof of will and grant of letters testamentary
§ 91-7-89. Letters of certain nonresidents revoked
§ 91-7-91. Assets defined; unsecured creditors to give notice
§ 91-7-93. Inventory of money and property owned by decedent at time of death
§ 91-7-95. Supplementary inventory or appraisement
§ 91-7-97. Adoption of collector's inventory or new inventory
§ 91-7-99. All to join in returning inventory
§ 91-7-101. Debt from executor or administrator inventoried
§ 91-7-103. Summary proceeding for discovery of assets
§ 91-7-105. Failure to return inventory
§ 91-7-107. Perfect inventory may be compelled
§ 91-7-109. Inventory and appraisement by qualified disinterested persons
§ 91-7-117. Executor or administrator to set apart exempt property
§ 91-7-135. Court or chancellor to set apart one year's support for family
§ 91-7-141. Court or chancellor may apportion year's allowance
§ 91-7-143. Minor distributee or legatee maintained
§ 91-7-147. Newspaper notices dispensed with in small estates
§ 91-7-151. Claims to be registered in ninety days or barred; amendment of affidavits
§ 91-7-153. Registration of claim stops limitation
§ 91-7-155. Executor to pay probated, registered debts
§ 91-7-157. Executor to pay taxes
§ 91-7-161. Creditors whose claims are not due must accept payment
§ 91-7-163. Claim of executor or administrator to be treated same as other claims
§ 91-7-165. Claims may be contested
§ 91-7-167. Creditor having lien failing to present claim
§ 91-7-171. Farm may be cultivated or rented
§ 91-7-173. Executor or administrator may continue business for limited time
§ 91-7-175. Sale of perishable property
§ 91-7-177. Private sale of personal property
§ 91-7-179. Sale for appraised value without order
§ 91-7-181. Certain property may be sold without being present
§ 91-7-183. Public sale of personal property
§ 91-7-185. Report of sale and proceedings
§ 91-7-187. Sale of land in preference to personalty
§ 91-7-189. Sale to pay the purchase-money of land
§ 91-7-191. Sale of land upon insufficiency of personalty
§ 91-7-193. Waste of personal estate no bar
§ 91-7-195. Creditors may apply for sale of property
§ 91-7-197. Interested parties to be cited upon petition to sell property
§ 91-7-199. Hearing and decree
§ 91-7-201. Mistake in description of land may be corrected
§ 91-7-203. Bond to pay debts may be given and decree for sale not made
§ 91-7-205. Bond required in decree for sale of lands; waiver of bond
§ 91-7-207. Failure to give bond
§ 91-7-209. Purchase-money a charge on property
§ 91-7-211. Estoppel from receipt of purchase-money
§ 91-7-213. Borrowing money to pay claims
§ 91-7-215. Procedure for borrowing
§ 91-7-217. Overplus and contribution
§ 91-7-219. Procedure in vacation
§ 91-7-221. Executor or administrator to make title to land
§ 91-7-223. Executors and administrators may make deeds of conveyance
§ 91-7-225. Lands may be leased to pay debts
§ 91-7-227. Executors and administrators to renew obligation and encumbrances of estate
§ 91-7-229. Claims may be sold or compromised
§ 91-7-231. Actions which accrue in administration
§ 91-7-233. What actions survive to executor or administrator
§ 91-7-235. What actions survive against executor or administrator
§ 91-7-237. Death of party not to abate suit in certain cases
§ 91-7-239. Executor or administrator not to be sued for ninety days
§ 91-7-241. Suit by or against administrator not to abate
§ 91-7-243. Not bound to plead specially
§ 91-7-245. Any one interested may defend suit
§ 91-7-247. Actions which accrue between administrators
§ 91-7-249. Executor in his own wrong
§ 91-7-251. Liability of executor or administrator of an executor de son tort
§ 91-7-253. Fiduciary not to use funds; investment by fiduciary bank in time certificates of deposit
§ 91-7-255. Fiduciary not to transfer negotiable papers
§ 91-7-259. Foreign executor or administrator may sue
§ 91-7-261. Procedures for insolvent estates
§ 91-7-263. Creditor may institute insolvency proceedings
§ 91-7-265. Decree of insolvency after all property sold
§ 91-7-267. Publication and claims presented in insolvent estate
§ 91-7-269. Filing, examination, and adjudication of claims in insolvent estate
§ 91-7-271. Distribution of assets in insolvent estate
§ 91-7-273. Suits not to abate on insolvency
§ 91-7-275. Suit not allowed after decree of insolvency
§ 91-7-281. Attorney's fees allowable
§ 91-7-283. Defaulters to be listed and cited
§ 91-7-285. Process for derelict fiduciary
§ 91-7-287. Publication of process for defaulter
§ 91-7-289. Hearing for derelict fiduciary
§ 91-7-293. Names of interested parties to be stated
§ 91-7-295. Summons or publication for final account
§ 91-7-297. Hearing and adjudication of final account
§ 91-7-299. Allowance to executor or administrator
§ 91-7-301. Personal estate sold for division
§ 91-7-303. Distribution compelled
§ 91-7-307. Delaying settlement
§ 91-7-309. Accounts may be opened and falsified in two years
§ 91-7-311. Bonds to be recorded; suits thereon
§ 91-7-313. Suit for devastavit
§ 91-7-315. New bond of executors and administrators may be required
§ 91-7-317. Relief of sureties and new bond
§ 91-7-319. Executors may receive credit for costs of bond in surety company
§ 91-7-321. Custodian appointed for distributive share
§ 91-7-323. Wages due deceased employee
§ 91-7-325. Suit to recover wages if not paid within sixty days
§ 91-7-327. Duty of chancery clerk when wages paid to him