Jacobs v. Willis' Heirs
Tennessee Supreme Court
FROM FRANKLIN. Appeal from the ’Circuit Court of Franklin County.— Hon. John T. Ralston, Judge.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. H. G.- Morrison, Special Justice,
delivered the opinion of the Court.
This is a contest over the right to probate a certified copy of the will of Cyrus L. Willis, a resident of Franklin county, Tenn., at the time of his death. The original will was first probated in Jackson county, Ala., and is lost or destroyed.
The certified copy of the record in the probate of the will' in Alabama was admitted to probate by the county court and by the circuit court of Franklin county, Tenn., on appeal. The court of civil appeals affirmed the circuit court.
At the time of his death Cyrus L. Willis had his…
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