Jones v. Witherspoon

- This appeal derives from a will contest tried in the Circuit Court of Madison County. In the county court of that county, ■ Oscar Addison Jones, the husband of a deceased daughter of Mrs. Mary .Witherspoon Cole, filed a paper alleging it to be the holographic will of his mother-in-law. Ross Witherspoon,' the brother of the alleged testatrix, thereupon filed notice of contest and . the cause was then certified to the circuit court for trial of the issue devisavit vel non.

The holograph offered for probate appears as a paragraph of script at the bottom of a sheet of paper on which a will and…