Haghart v. Cooley

SIMPSON, Justice.

This is a will contest. From a judgment in favor of contestants, proponent appeals.

The testator in this case, Jimmy Cooley, was a midget whose height was approximately 40 inches, and who was in his mid-twenties when he died. The proponent, Willis Haghart, has been in show business for over forty years. He was reared in Cullman. Jimmy was reared in Lauder-dale County. Jimmy had a bone disease when he was about six years old, but went to school for some ten years at Rhodesville School in Lauderdale County.

When Jimmy was around sixteen or seventeen, Mr. Haghart went to see his…