Powell v. Hickman

GAITAN, Judge.

This is a will contest action arising under Mo.Rev.Stat. § 473.083 (Cumm.Supp.1989) between two half-sisters, respondent Mary Ellen Powell and appellant Julia Hickman, *887who were born to the testatrix, May Merrill. Julia Hickman’s husband, Coleman Hickman is a named defendant. A third named respondent, Helen Louise Linhart, did not appeal. A jury found in favor of the plaintiff Mary Ellen Powell who asserts that a 1982 will, not a 1986 will, is the last will and testament of May Merrill. The appellants allege that the trial court erred by: (1) failing to direct a verdict for…