Taylor v. Hodges

BEATTY, Justice.

This is an appeal by plaintiff, Bernice M. Taylor, the surviving spouse of Sarah Rebecca Hodges Taylor, deceased, from an adverse judgment in plaintiff’s action for a declaratory judgment. In that action, brought against the heirs at law and next of kin of Sarah Taylor, plaintiff sought a declaration that a certain handwritten document was not the last will and testament of said Sarah Taylor. We affirm.

The decedent executed two wills at different times. The first will was prepared for her by a lawyer and executed in his office on August 29, 1975. Because of certain…