Grimes v. Mulry

HALE, Justice.

This appeal grew out of an application by appellants, Fred O. Grimes and his son, to probate the proposed will of W. R. Lacefield, deceased. Appellees, heirs at law of the deceased, contested the application ori the grounds that the alleged testator did not have mental capacity to execute the will and that the execution thereof was induced by undue influence. The case was tried before a jury and resulted in a. Special Issue verdict, whereby the jury found: (l)‘that the deceased did not have testamentáry capacity, as defined in the court’s charge, at the time he executed the…