Halford v. Hines

Eoberds, P J.

This is a will contest. The instrument was executed by Joe Dorsey by his mark. Giles J. Halford was the sole beneficiary therein. It is dated October 21, 1944. Joe Dorsey departed this life October 23, 1950. On October 26, 1950, on petition of Halford, the instrument was admitted to probate in common form as the will of Joe Dorsey in Jefferson County, Mississippi. Bruce Hines, a nephew and the next of kind of Joe Dorsey, deceased, filed a contest of the instrument as the will of *790Dorsey on the grounds, first, that Dorsey did not have the mental capacity to execute a will, and,…