Wilkerson v. Slaughter

DAVIS, Justice.

Appellant-defendant, Lois Jean Wilkerson, filed an application to probate the will of Cellie Davis in the Probate Court of Dallas County, Texas. An order was entered on October 3, 1963, admitting the will to probate. Appellees-plaintiffs, John B. Slaughter, et al, on March 6, 1964, filed suit to set aside the order admitting the will to probate. Appellees’ contention in the trial of the case was that the will was not executed in the manner and form as required by law in that the two devisees, Bernice Sanders and Harry E. Sanders, signed the will as witnesses, and that the will…