Eslick v. Wodicka

Dave Hipsh died in Lincoln County Tennessee, on March 18, 1947, leaving a paper writing which purported to be his will. Morgan Eslick, who was named as one of the beneficiaries and the executor in the purported will, offered the instrument for probate in common form in the County Court of Lincoln County. Probate was refused upon the ground that the instrument lad not been executed in conformity with the statutory law of this state regulating the execution of wills. An appeal was taken to the circuit court and pleadings were filed in which a jury was demanded to try the cause.

Before the case…