Johnson v. Poe

GRAVES, Justice.

This appeal is from a judgment of the district court of Brazoria County, sitting with a jury, probating in favor of the proponent thereof, the appellee here, the will of Mrs. Susie Poe Johnson, over the protest of the contestants, the appellants in this Court.

The contestants below based their cause of action for the nullification of the will upon these two alleged grounds: (1) That Mrs. Johnson did not have testamentary capacity at the time the will was executed by her, and (2) That she was unduly influenced to make and execute the same by the appellee, Jessie Edgar Poe, who…