Rainey v. Ridgway
Supreme Court of Alabama
Contest of Will. Appeal from Tallapoosa Probate Court. Heard before Hon. Jas. W. Strother, Special Judge. Petition by E. B. Rainey for the probate of a copy of the last will of Martha Ridgway, deceased, to which Ella Ridgway and others filed objections. Prom an order denying probate of the will, petitioner appeals. E. B. Rainey filed in the probate court of Tallapoosa county what purported to be a copy of the will of Martha Ridgway, alleging tlie loss of the original will.
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Contest of Will. Appeal from Tallapoosa Probate Court. Heard before Hon. Jas. W. Strother, Special Judge. Petition by E. B. Rainey for the probate of a copy of the last will of Martha Ridgway, deceased, to which Ella Ridgway and others filed objections. Prom an order denying probate of the will, petitioner appeals. E. B. Rainey filed in the probate court of Tallapoosa county what purported to be a copy of the will of Martha Ridgway, alleging tlie loss of the original will. Ella Ridgway filed a contest, the allegations of which are sufficiently set out in the opinion. The administrator of the…
1Opinion of the CourtSimpson, J.
— This is an appeal from a decree of the probate court, on the contest of a will, and the sole question presented for the consideration of this court is the right of the appellees to contest the probate of the will, Avhich is raised by demurrer and motion to- strike.
The appellee Ella Ridgway (contestant) alleges that she is the widow of P. A. Ridgway, who was the son and only child of the testatrix (Martha A. Ridgway) ; that *526said P. A. Ridgway survived-his mother; that he left surviving him no children, or their descendants, no father or mother, no brother or sister, or their descendants;…
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