Tucker v. Tucker

LIVINGSTON, Justice.

This is a review of proceedings to contest the probate of the alleged last will and testament of James A. Tucker.

James A. Tucker, long a resident of Chambers County, Alabama, died on August 7, 1945, seized and possessed of an estate valued at more than $250,000, and located, in the main, in Chambers County. He was never married and left surviving no father or mother. He had three brothers and four sisters, namely, John M. Tucker, Joseph S. Tucker, William M. Tucker, Maggie Tucker Webb, Janie Tucker Pearson, Sarah Tucker Hart, and Leila Tucker Gaines. None of his sisters,…