Keeble v. Underwood
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Autauga Probate Court. Heard before Hon. R. L. Faucett. Petition by W. J. Underwood for the probate of the will of Martha Underwood, contested by Bertha Hall Keeble. From a judgment admitting the will to probate, contestant appeals.
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Appeal from Autauga Probate Court. Heard before Hon. R. L. Faucett. Petition by W. J. Underwood for the probate of the will of Martha Underwood, contested by Bertha Hall Keeble. From a judgment admitting the will to probate, contestant appeals. The following charges are noted in the opinion, aside from those set out, as refused to the contestant: (5) I charge you. that confidential relations exist between two persons whenever one person trusts in and relies on another, and if you believe that Mrs. Underwood trusted and relied upon her son, W. J. Underwood, at the time of the execution of the…
1Opinion of the CourtGardner, J.
This is an appeal from a decree of the probate court of Autauga county, admitting to probate an instrument purporting to be the last will and testament of Mrs. Martha Rebecca Underwood, deceased. The said alleged will was offered for probate by W. J. Underwood, a son of the testatrix, a beneficiary under the will, and also one of the executors.
Appellant, Mrs. Bertha Hall Keeble, a granddaughter of the testatrix, and Mrs. Eula Hall, a daughter of the contestant, filed a contest of said will, alleging two grounds: the first being that, testatrix was mentally incapacitated to make a will, and…
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