Formby v. Bradley

BILL BASS, Justice.

This is an appeal from an order appointing appellee, Florene Jordan Bradley, executrix of the estate of Noble Ercell Formby (decedent) and denying Mary Jane Form-by’s application for appointment as admin-istratrix with will annexed. By agreement, the only matters before the trial court were the probating of the will and the appointment of a personal representative.

On March 18,1957, decedent and his first wife, Marcella Pearce Formby, executed a joint will. They were divorced some twenty years later on February 16, 1977. Decedent subsequently married appellant, Mary Jane…