Woodruff v. Hundley
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Probate Court of Limestone. Heard before the Hon. James E. Horton. The proceedings in this case were had upon a contest over the probate of the will of Mary Ann Walton. The will was propounded for probate by the appellee, John II.
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Appeal from the Probate Court of Limestone. Heard before the Hon. James E. Horton. The proceedings in this case were had upon a contest over the probate of the will of Mary Ann Walton. The will was propounded for probate by the appellee, John II. Hundley, who, in addition to alleging in his petition the due and legal execution of the will by the testatrix, further averred that the appellant, James W. “Woodruff, was a nephew of the testatrix, and that the other person, who is next of kin of the testatrix was Mrs. Bettie Hill, the wife of James A. I-Iill, who was -a niece of the testatrix..…
1Opinion of the CourtTyson, J.
The 'testatrix, a resident of Alabama, went to a hospital in the city of Nashville, Tenn., for the. purpose of having a surgical operation performed. Apprehending that the operation might he fatal, she had a lawyer of that city to prepare the paper, propounded for probate as her last, will and testament, which she signed in his presence and which he subscribed as a witnesu
There appears upon this paper in connection with the word “witness’’ (to the right of it), which word was written by the lawyer who prepared the paper, directly opposite to it, 'one name, and under that name another name. To…
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