Eubanks v. Hand

OPINION

YOUNG, Justice.

This is an appeal from an order denying the admission of a will to probate. On September 26, 1974, appellant, Elon Rogers Eubanks, filed an application for the probate of the September 12, 1974, will of the deceased, Lawrence B. Hancock. Appellees, Marie Hand, Oral Roberts Evangelical Association, Inc., Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, Salvation Army, and Valley Boys Ranch, filed oppositions to the application.

Then the case embarked upon a strange judicial course, and the same trial judge presided over all of the subsequent proceedings. A hearing on the merits was…