Culp v. Godwin

BLOODWORTH, Justice.

Mrs. Culp [hereinafter referred to as appellant], executrix of the estate of her late husband, Jimmie Ray Watkins, appeals from the circuit court’s denial of her motion to dismiss a claim against the estate filed by Elizabeth H. Godwin, et al. [hereinafter referred to as appellees]. Appellees cross-appeal, assigning as error the circuit court’s denial of their several motions to dismiss the appeal from the probate court to the circuit court.

These appeals arose as follows.

On October 26, 1966, Floy H. Watkins died intestate in Montgomery County, Alabama, leaving as survivors…