Ray v. McClelland

LIVINGSTON, Chief Justice.

This is a will contest in equity by the brothers and minor nieces and nephews of Luther Brooks Ray, who died in Mobile County on or about November 2, 1956. He left a will leaving all his property to a step-daughter, Mrs. Esther McClelland, the appellee here. The will was offered and duly probated in the Probate Court of Mobile County, Alabama. The will on its face was not wanting in form or regularity. It was signed by the testator, L. B. Ray, and witnessed by one E. S. Crenshaw and one “James Andersen.”

The will was contested on two grounds: (1) that said will was…