Reffett v. Hughes

DAVIS, Commissioner.

This is a will contest, in which appellees, as the heirs at law of Mae Reed Reffett, successfully challenged the purported last will of Mrs. Reffett on the ground that her signature to it was forged. Appellant, surviving husband and personal representative of Mrs. Reffett, seeks to overturn the judgment which vitiated the propounded will. As grounds for reversal appellant contends that a directed verdict upholding the will should have been given, incompetent evidence was admitted and competent evidence rejected.

Mrs. Mae Reed Reffett died August 8, 1962; she and appellant…