Greenwood v. Wilson

Darrell Hickman, Justice.

The issue before us is the validity of a will. John F. Wilson signed an instrument on the morning of July 7, 1976, while a patient at St. Mary’s Hospital in Russellville. That instrument, which was in the handwriting of his second wife, Lillie, left all his property to her if she survived him. Wilson died a month later.

The validity of that will was contested by the testator’s first wife, Shirley Wilson Greenwood, on behalf of a minor adopted child of the first marriage.

The appellant Greenwood claimed that the instrument was invalid because of undue influence exercised…