Street v. Street

THOMAS, Justice.

On Sunday morning January 19, 1941, Oliver D. Street, age seventy-four, sustained a severe heart attack at his home in Guntersville, Alabama, where he had resided since 1940 with his second wife Mary Curd Street and their foster son Charles Alfred Street, age ten. The family physician, Dr. A. G. Finlay, was called, treated the patient, and arranged for Miss Martha Gosa, a graduate nurse, to serve as day nurse, and Mrs. Hattie Durham, a practical nurse, for night duty. Plaintiff (proponent) promptly notified testator’s two daughters, viz: Mrs. Marshall Fennell, wife of Dr.…