Towles v. Pettus

BROWN, Justice.

The appeal is from the decree of the Probate Court of Cullman County, rendered on the verdict of a jury, denying probate of the alleged last will and testament of J. O. Towles, deceased, filed for probate by appellant and contested by appellees for alleged want of testamentary capacity on the part of said Towles, and for undue influence alleged to have been exercised over the said Towles by appellant, and certain members of his family, or some of them, and by parties unknown. Coghill v. Kennedy, 119 Ala. 641, 24 So. 459.

Towles, a bachelor, semi-recluse, eccentric, and, as some…