Stanley v. Sawyer

THOMAS, Justice.

The appeal presents the question of whether or not the will filed in the probate court was, in fact, executed by J. P. Stanley, or under his direction. The contestant demanded a jury and the verdict was for proponent.

The facts of the execution of the will are stated by Mrs. Viola LeFurgey, a witness to and beneficiary under the alleged will, as follows:

“It was on the 7th day of October, 1933. The occasion which brought us to Fort Payne was the death of Mrs. W. M. T. Ware, Mr. LeFurgey’s grandmother. We were attending her funeral. The time of day that we went to Mr. Stanley’s…