Clark v. Clark

Thompson, Justice.

Appellee Thelma Lee Clark filed a petition to probate the will of Billy E. Clark, her deceased husband. The heirs at law, appellee and appellant Tim Clark, the deceased’s son, signed an acknowledgment of service of the petition and an assent to the probate of the will instanter. Thereupon, Judy Johnson Neal, chief clerk of the probate court, executed an order admitting the will to record by affixing thereto the signature of Foye L. Johnson, judge of the probate court. Five months later, appellant filed a caveat objecting to the admission of the will to record on the ground…