Lewis v. White

OPINION

BURGESS, Justice.

This is a lost will case. A.V. White, Jr., died in December 1980 and application was made to admit a will executed in 1959 to probate. The probate court admitted the will to probate and named appellant the executor of the estate.1 The 1959 will left all of A.V. White, Jr.’s estate to his wife, Carrie White. After A.V. White, Jr.’s death, but before his will was admitted to probate, Carrie White died intestate. In April 1985 Thomas White, A.V. White, Jr.’s brother, filed an application to set aside the order admitting the 1959 will to probate and seeking to admit to…