In Re the Estate of Hall

— Petitioner Elee Hall presented for probate a document alleged to be the last will and testament of Jesse Lee Hall, deceased. Elee Hall was the named executor and principal beneficiary under that document. Carl E. Johnson, deceased’s half-brother and only living relative for the purpose of intestacy, contested the will.

Following a hearing the trial court found that on May 21, 1969 deceased executed his last will and testament, that a carbon copy was retained by the attorney drafting the will, and that the document presented for probate was in fact this carbon copy. The court also found that…