Tyson v. Utterback

The probate of the alleged last will and testament of Mrs. Priscilla S. Burton, late of the county of Marshall, was contested by appellees on three grounds; and the issues as made up under the direction of the court for submission to the jury may be stated in short as follows: (a) Whether the will was duly executed; (b) whether there was undue influence, and (c) whether the testatrix was of sound mind.

The paper offered as the will is dated November 17, 1923, and was signed by the testatrix and by two witnesses. It was also then and there acknowledged before Miss Bettio Edwards, a notary…