Slay v. Dubose

BROWN, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the district court of Cherokee County, in which a will and a subsequent codicil that were prepared and published by one W. C. Davidson, were admitted to probate and an instrument, purporting to be a later will, which was offered for probate, was denied.

The record discloses that subsequent to the execution of the first will and its codicil, the testator, Davidson, became a non compos mentis, and Hattie E. Boyett, on proper application made in the county court of Cherokee County (in which Davidson had his residence) was appointed guardian of…