In re Will of McFayden

JACKSON, Judge.

Simon A. Burney and his wife, Mary J. Burney ("caveators"), appeal from the trial court's judgments entered 28 May 2004 that ordered trifurcation of the jury trial of the caveat proceeding and granted directed verdict in favor of Mickey Jackson ("propounder").

On 8 August 2003, Hector Cornelius McFayden ("testator") died of natural causes at the age of seventy-six. Caveators are testator's neighbors and propounder is testator's cousin. Mary Sherrill ("alignor") is testator's sister and aligns with caveators. Patricia Hall Nunalee and June Hall Ransbotham ("intervenors") are…