Weaver v. Hughes

This is an issue of devisavit vel non upon a writing propounded by Mrs. Beulah 0. Hughes as the will of William Fletcher, deceased, and contested by his collateral kin, Theoter Tucker Weaver and others. There was a verdict and judgment in favor of the will; and two of the contestants, Theoter Tucker Weaver and Leverter Tucker Mallard, appealed in error.

The writing apears to have been signed by William Fletcher and attested by two subscribing witnesses, Richard Beard and W. R. Smith, on May 29, 1917. It gave all of the land and personalty of William Fletcher equally to his wife, Sallie…