Bryan v. Granade

Pope, Judge.

Appellants are the grandchildren and legal heirs of Pauline J. By-waters, who died testate in 1978 leaving the bulk of her estate to her minister, who was not related. The heirs retained as their attorney appellee/cross-appellant Gaines C. Granade on a contingent fee basis to contest this will on their behalf on the ground that undue influence had been exerted on Mrs. Bywaters in her declining years and ill health. After filing a caveat in probate court, Granade handled the case through multiple jury trials and appeals to the Supreme Court before it finally culminated in favor of…