Smith v. Smith

W. B. Smith died intestate January 16, 1944. At the time of his death, he was approximately 87 years of age, his eyesight was defective, his hearing impaired, and he was unable to write his name. He had been married a number of times and ten children, or their surviving children, survived him. One of the appellees, Notra Hudgens, was the youngest child and the only child of her mother. The other three appellees composed the next youngest set of children. The appellants were born of earlier marriages. W. B. Smith had owned 240 acres of farm land prior to his death, and appellees lived on this…