In Re Estate of Rhodes

Ms. Justice Humpheeys,

delivered the opinion of the Court.

This is a will contest case, tried to a jury on the issue of devisavit vel non; the contention of the contestant being (1) that the will offered for probate as the holographic will of Elizabeth L. Rhodes was not in her handwriting, (2) that Elizabeth L. Rhodes was not mentally competent to make a will, and, (3.) .that.the will was the product of undue influence exercised on her by the beneficiary of the will, her husband, Charles T. Rhodes. The jury found in favor of the will, and the trial judge approved the verdict. The Court of…