Goodnight v. Curry

PREWITT, Judge.

Plaintiffs brought this action contesting a purported will of William Goodnight. They contend that due to illness including a stroke, and advancing age, he did not have testamentary capacity at the time the document was signed and that it was executed as a result of undue influence. The trial court, finding that the decedent had testamentary capacity at the time he signed the will and that it was not executed due to undue influence, declared the contested will valid.

Plaintiffs contend that the court’s judgment “was against the weight of the evidence”: (1) “because there was…