Legal Opinion

Slagle v. Halsey

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided January 13, 1944No. 5 Div. 388PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

THOMAS, Justice.

This appeal is by contestant from the probation of a will.

The grounds of the contest were that at the time of the execution of the will, the testator was not of sound mind nor capable of making disposition of her property; that testator was at the time under the domination and control of James Halsey, one of the devisees under the will; that said purported will was the result and product of said undue influence exercised by him over the mind of said decedent and not the result of the exercise of her own free will and volition, and that the will was the result of fraudulent…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Bancroft v. OtisSupreme Court of Alabama · 1890
  2. Coghill v. KennedySupreme Court of Alabama · 1898
  3. Miller v. WhittingtonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1918
  4. Little v. SuggSupreme Court of Alabama · 1942
  5. Couch v. HutchersonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1942

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Tucker v. TuckerSupreme Court of Alabama · 1946
  2. Hanks v. HanksSupreme Court of Alabama · 1967
  3. King v. AirdSupreme Court of Alabama · 1949
  4. Brooks v. EverettSupreme Court of Alabama · 1960
  5. Ambrose v. VandefordSupreme Court of Alabama · 1964

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