Coleman v. Walls

George Rose Smith, Justice.

This is a contest of the will of Mary Gaines Jackson, who died January 10, 1963. The will in question was executed on November 8, 1962. The appellants objected to its probate on the ground that the instrument was not signed and witnessed in the manner required by law and on the additional ground that the testatrix lacked testamentary capacity. The probate court sustained the will. Here the appellants attack the will upon the same grounds that were asserted in the court below.

We consider first the validity of the testatrix’s signature. When the will was executed the…