Wiseman v. Robbins

SUTTON, Justice.

This is a will contest and the appeal is from the 41st District Court of El Paso County.

Lola Jane Robbins, a feme sole, filed the application to probate the holographic will of Emery Eugene Wiseman in the County Court of El Paso County. The appellant, Mrs. Madelaine Wiseman, wife of the deceased, filed a contest of the application predicated on two grounds, lack of testamentary capacity and of undue influence. The application to probate the instrument was denied in the County Court and the case was appealed to the 41st District Court. A trial there was to a jury and the issue…