Majors v. Smith

OPINION

TODD, Presiding Judge.

The defendants, James Smith, Mattie Mathis, Maude Smith and Earlene Cantrell, have appealed from a non-jury judgment of the Trial Court declaring that the plaintiff, Bobbie Mai Majors is the child of J.D. (Lu-die) Smith, deceased, and is entitled to a distributive share of his estate.

The sole issue presented on appeal is whether the judgment is supported by clear and convincing evidence.

The complaint alleges that plaintiff is the daughter of J.D. Smith and Susan Crudup who were never married, but that said J.D. Smith repeatedly acknowledged that plaintiff was his…