Ash v. Morgan

J. Seaborn Holt, Associate Justice.

This appeal is from the judgment of the Jefferson County Probate Court denying appellant’s motion to probate the alleged will of Mattie Bikard.

Mattie Bikard, aged 79, died on April 27, 1959, after having purportedly executed a will on April 14, 1959, at the home of Dan Ash, sole beneficiary under the will. An objection was made to the probate of the will and a hearing was held, at which time the only question considered by the lower court was whether the will was properly executed or not. Questions of undue influence, fraud, or mental capacity of the…