Isom v. Canedy
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from chancery court of Coahoma county. Hon. G. E. Williams, Chancellor. Proceedings by J. S. Isom and others to probate the will of D. L. Canedy, to which J. A. Canedy and others filed a caveat. Judgment for contestants, and proponents appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtEthridge, J.
This is an appeal from a Avill contest.
D. L. Canedy on the 7th day of July, 1919, signed an instrument of writing purporting to be a last will and testament which was duly witnessed on said day, and thereafter Canedy died and the instrument was propounded for probate, whereupon the appellees filed a caveat, and the issue made by the pleadings in the case was submitted to the jury. At the conclusion of the evidence the court granted a peremptory instruction as to the capacity of the decedent to make a will, but submitted to the jury the question as to whether the will was procured by undue…
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