Andrews v. Wilbanks

Benham, Presiding Justice.

Dorothy Thompson Bagwell died in 1993 after executing a will in 1986 by which she bequeathed one-half of her estate to be divided among two greatnieces and a greatnephew (the Andrewses), with the remaining half of her estate bequeathed to appellee W. P. Wilbanks, an attorney who had been appointed guardian of the testatrix’s person and property in August 1983. When the 1986 will was offered for probate in solemn form, appellants filed a caveat alleging that the testatrix lacked testamentary capacity and that the will was the product of undue influence. Appellants…