Speegle v. Oswald

Glenda Hall Speegle appeals from a summary judgment in favor of Arthur Oswald, holding invalid a 1994 will executed by Evelyn Morris Oswald. This case was deflected to this Court by the Alabama Supreme Court pursuant to § 12-2-7(6), Ala. Code 1975.

Evelyn Morris Oswald ("the testatrix"), who died on September 5, 1998, was the mother of Glenda Hall Speegle ("the daughter") and the wife of Arthur Oswald ("the husband").

After the testatrix's death in 1998, the husband sought to probate a will the testatrix had executed in 1978 and a codicil she had executed in 1983. The daughter petitioned the…