In Re Francis Estate

The appeal from probate to circuit was tried to the court without a jury, Honorable Alton H. Noe, circuit judge presiding. By stipulation of the contending parties, trial was had upon the complete probate court record. Starting with proceedings in probate, and continuing on through circuit to the judgment brought here for review, we have searched this record in vain for hint or suggestion by proponents that the widow’s petition for general administration did not operate — as a notice of' contest — to raise the issue of revocation as tried. In sum, that issue was whether the…