Matter of Estate of Woods

DANIEL, Justice.

This is a will contest in which the plaintiff-contestant alleges that the testator, M. L. Woods, was acting under undue influence when he executed his will in 1964 and a codicil in 1972, and that he was also of unsound mind when he executed the codicil in 1972.

The will and codicil were admitted to probate by order of the County Court of Eastland County. The contestant, Orville Lucille Brown, a niece of the testator, filed suit in the same court to set aside the order. This resulted in a take nothing judgment against the contestant. Upon appeal to the District Court, with jury…