Newman v. Dixon Bank & Trust Co.

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Clay

Affirming.

Dr. V. B. Newman, a resident of Henderson county, died on December 7, 1919, and left a will by which he devised his property to certain relatives, friends and charities. The will was dated October 17,' 1917, and at that time he was nearly eighty years of age. Subsequently, he made two codicils, one dated October 2, 1919, and the other October 4,1919. The will was probated in the Henderson county court, and on appeal in the Henderson circuit court, the will was contested by Elliott L. Newman, the only child of the testator, on the ground of mental…