Sweat v. Hughes

Candler, Justice.

Annie Sweat executed a will on March 28, 1962 and died on April 9, 1963. She gave all of her estate consisting principally of 260.4 acres of land to Pearl S. Hughes and Nevada S. Lee, her only two sisters. She named them executrices of her estate. They offered her will for probate in solemn form and Simon P. Sweat, her brother, and Dural Sweat, a nephew, objected to probate of it on the ground of undue influence. By consent the proceeding was appealed to the Superior Court of Pierce County. The caveat in substance alleges: Angie L. Sweat, the mother of testatrix, conveyed the…