Gordon v. Cotton

BENHAM, Justice.

Appellant Pauline Gordon appeals the denial of her motion for new trial concerning the probate court’s decision to deny her petition to probate a will. Appellant, who was a friend of the deceased Jack Fuller, filed a petition to probate Fuller’s will; and appellee Clarence Cotton, Jr., Fuller’s half-brother and only heir, filed a caveat thereto and the matter was tried. At the trial, one witness to the will did not appear and the other witness testified she signed a blank document and did not see the testator or the other witness sign the will. The probate court denied the…