Little v. Sugg
Supreme Court of Alabama
1Opinion of the Court
FOSTER, Justice.
This is an appeal from a judgment of the circuit court which sustained a contest of the alleged will of one Charles R. Burgess, and denied the petition to probate it as such. The trial was had by a jury and the judgment was in accordance with the verdict of the jury.
By the terms of the will, decedent bequeathed all his property to a sister, Agnes Burgess Little, except one dollar to a brother and one dollar to another sister. The contest was filed by the sister to whom one dollar was bequeathed, and the children of another sister who was then deceased.
The issue of fact to…
2Cases cited43 opinions
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- Peterson v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1933
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- Thornton v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1896
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