Pool v. Estate of Shelby

SIMMS, Justice:

Kenneth Pool and W.C. Pool, appellants, are the only living sons of Bessie Shelby, testatrix of the estate which is the appellee herein. Louise Creekmore, Shelby’s only daughter and the named executor in Shelby’s will, brought this probate proceeding asking the trial court to admit the will into probate. The Pools appeal the trial court’s judgment admitting the will arguing that Shelby revoked the will in an affidavit signed after the execution of the will. On review, the Court of Appeals affirmed the trial court’s decision that the revocation by affidavit was nullified by…