Coleman v. Walls

This is an appeal by Mattie Jordon Coleman et al., heirs at law of Mary Gaines Jackson, from a decree admitting to probate a will executed some three months before the aged testatrix’s death. The contestants allege that the will was not signed by the testatrix in the manner required by law; that it was not properly attested by the witnesses in the presence of each other; and that the testatrix did not have sufficient testamentary capacity.

Contestants’ first point is directed to the fact that the .will bears testatrix’s purported signature. During the trial much testimony was directed to the…