Haynes v. Mullins

This is a will contest, tried below before the court and a jury on the issue of forgery. The jury returned a verdict against the will and the proponent has appealed in error to this court.

Maggie M. Haynes died June 17, 1946. Referring to the parties as they appeared in the trial court, she. left surviving her the proponent, her husband, and the contestants who are the surviving children. By the terms of the paper offered for probate, proponent would’ receive the entire estate to the exclusion of the children. The purported will was offered for probate in the county court on August 17, 1946,…