Hazar v. State ex rel. Swift

HOWARD, Judge.

An order denying admission of a will to probate is the subject of this appeal. Appellants, the named executor and residuary legatee of the will in question, challenged the subject order on jurisdictional grounds, sufficiency of the evidence, and alleged errors in the conduct of the trial.

The appellant-husband filed a petition to probate a document alleged to be the last will and testament of the decedent Florence D. Moll. The State of Arizona filed its opposition, alleging lack of testamentary capacity, undue influence and lack of execution by the decedent. The proponent moved…