Martin v. Wagner

STAKELY, Justice.

This cause originated in the Probate Court of Jefferson County through a petition to probate the alleged lost will of W. C. Martin, deceased. The petition was filed on January 15, 1945, by Dan S. Martin, Jr., an alleged beneficiary under the will, and showed that W. C. Martin died on towit July 18, 1940. According to the allegations of the petition the will was duly signed and published by deceased and attested by two competent witnesses, then residents of Jefferson County, who subscribed their names to the will, one of whom was Val J. Nesbit, decedent’s attorney.

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