In re Estate of Vaughn

RAWLS, Judge.

The ten adult children and the children of a deceased son of decedent Troy Vaughn have appealed from an order entered by the County Judge of. Hamilton County probating a nuncupative will.

The basic facts are: Troy Vaughn, who lived alone, was on June 24, 1963 seriously ill and was being cared for by Ferman Staten one of his neighbors, who was in the custom of seeing about his condition when Vaughn was ill. Around six o’clock on the evening of June 24th, Staten, Staten’s fourteen year old son Jack, and one of Staten’s farm employees, Johnny Maine, stopped by to see Troy Vaughn and…