Melady v. Coulter

CHADICK, Chief Justice.

This case reached the 71st Judicial District Court of Harrison County, Texas, as an appeal de novo from a judgment of the County Court of Harrison County, which, after contest, admitted to probate a written instrument dated October 8, 1970, as the Last Will and Testament of Leola Melady, deceased. The jury in the District Court answered two special issues, finding, first, that Leola Melady did not possess testamentary capacity and, second, that she was induced to make the proffered will as the result of the exercise of undue influence upon her by Archie Melady, her…