National Savings and Trust Company v. Herrick

LAWSON, Justice.

On December 21, 1956, National Savings and Trust Company, of Washington, D. C., filed in the Probate Court of Jefferson County, Alabama, its petition for the probate of the will of Cecile De Bouy Herrick, deceased, in which petition it was alleged in part as follows:

“The petition of the undersigned respectfully represents unto your Hon- or that Cecile De Buoy Herrick, an inhabitant of Washington, District of Columbia, departed this life on or about the 21st day of August, 1955, leaving assets in Jefferson County, Alabama, and leaving a Last Will and Testament which has been…