Specia v. Specia
Court of Appeals of Texas
1Opinion of the Court
POPE, Justice.-
This is an -appeal by writ of error from a judgment which denied .the probate of the will of Ben Specia, Sr., who died on June 30, 1953. A jury determined that Specia did not possess testamentary capacity. The first question-.in, the case, ⅛-whether the appeal- by writ of error was perfected, and the second, whether the verdict of the jury is against the great weight and prepondér- . anee of the evidence.
Ben Specia, Sr., had 'five children,' one by his first marriage arid four by his second. His will' was executed May 9, 1944, and -by its terms "he left $1,000 to 'Charles, his…
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