Ray v. Nanney

This is an appeal by the contestants from a verdict and judgment sustaining a certain writing as the valid nun-cupative will of W. S. Davis, deceased, on an issue of devisavit vel non. This is the second appeal of the case. On the first trial a motion of the contestants for a directed verdict against the will was sustained; on appeal to this court, this judgment was reversed in an opinion by Special Judge Sanford, and the cause was remanded for a new trial; and a petition to the Supreme Court for a writ of certiorari was denied in a memorandum opinion by Justice De-Haven. On the second trial…