Ex Parte Pearson

BROWN, Justice.

The jurisdiction of the Probate Court to entertain a proceeding contesting a will is a statutory and limited jurisdiction, and after the proceeding to probate the will has eventuated in a final decree admitting the will to probate the court is without jurisdiction to entertain a contest.

The language of the statute is: “A will, before the probate thereof, may be contested,” etc. [Italics supplied.] Code 1923, § 10625, Code 1940, Tit. 61, § 52; Ex parte Walter et al., 202 Ala. 281, 80 So. 119.

So, also, the jurisdiction conferred on the Circuit Court as a court of law by § 10636…