Sheffield v. Scott

COULSON, Justice.

This is an appeal from an order of the probate court dismissing a will contest. Appellants, Carl Kenneth Sheffield and Beverly Sheffield Tipton, sued appellee, William H. Scott, Jr., individually and as Independent Executor of the estate of Vivian Kent Vilven. We affirm.

Vivian Kent Vilven, the testatrix, died on December 14, 1978, leaving a total gross estate of $987,728.38. Her husband had predeceased her and she had no children. Her closest relatives were her nephew, Carl Kenneth Sheffield, and her niece, Beverly Sheffield Tipton, the children of her late sister. William H.…