Koonce v. Mims

ALMON, Justice.

Hazel Koonce, contestant below, appeals from a judgment for the proponents in a will contest. We affirm.

James Wilson Koonce was admitted to Lloyd Noland Hospital in Birmingham, Alabama, on October 18,1974, for treatment of his emphysema and heart trouble; he was released from the hospital eighteen days later. While confined to the hospital, James consulted with J. Clewis Trucks, an attorney, and requested Trucks to draft a will for him. Trucks complied with this request and, on October 22, 1974, James executed the will. This will left James’s entire estate to his two sisters,…