Helsley v. Moss

RAINEY, Chief Justice.

— This suit was brought by Florence Helsley and husband against J. S. Moss, W. H. F. Moss, Mrs. Fannie Barnes, Mrs. L. B. Taylor and husband, A. L. Taylor, Eula Holdman and husband, James Holdman, and Boy Hedges, to set aside the last will and testament of Mrs. L. E. W. Moss, on the ground of undue influence and mental incapacity. On the trial the court instructed a verdict for defendants, and plaintiffs appealed the case to this court.

The evidence shows that when Mrs. L. E. W. Moss married J. S. Moss, about 1865, she was a widow Pearce, and had two children, Florence…