Jackson v. Cannon Ex Rel. Estate of Watson

Ness, Justice:

Erskine Watson’s will was admitted to probate in common form by the Probate Court of Spartanburg County. Eighteen months later Sarah Watson Jackson, appellant, instituted a declaratory judgment action in the Court of Common Pleas against the defendants-respondents, the administrator and beneficiaries under the will, to have the will declared invalid. Appellant alleged that she became the common law wife of Watson after execution of the will, that the will was not made in contemplation of marriage, and that the will was revoked by operation of the South Carolina Code Section…