Bennett v. Bennett

This is an appeal from a judgment entered as the result of a jury verdict by the Circuit Court of Wilcox County in a will contest. The will of Delie Bennett was first filed in the probate court of Wilcox County by a grandson, Ernest Bennett, one of the beneficiaries of the will. The other beneficiaries are a daughter and four grandchildren. The will offered for probate was allegedly executed on October 11, 1974. After the will was offered, nine children of the deceased filed a contest and asked that the contest be tried in circuit court. The proceedings were duly removed to circuit court and…