Bethel v. Yearwood

STOKES, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the district court declaring null and void the last will and testament of Mrs. M. E. Cooper, deceased, and denying the application of appellant, Ray Bethel, to probate the same. D. H. Cooper and his wife, Mrs. M. E. Cooper, owned a section of land consisting of 640 acres located in Motley County. D. H. Cooper died intestate on the 22nd of May, 1938, and his wife, Mrs. M. E. Coop*928er, died on the 15th of December, 1938, leaving as her last will and testament the instrument involved in this suit. Appellant, Ray Bethel, is a grandson of the…