Barksdale v. Dobbins

WILLIAMS, Justice.

This suit is a direct' attack upon the will of M. M. Barksdale, hereinafter referred to as decedent, instituted in the County Court of Rusk County by appellees, Jesse Lee Blackwell and Mrs. Lorine Dobbins, joined by her husband, W. D. Dobbins, against Claude Barksdale, Mrs. Nettie Neal and Mrs. Minnie Priddy, to set aside the probate of same, and for annullment of the will itself. Being denied the relief sought in the county court, appellees appealed. On trial de novo in the district court, the jury in response to special issues found in answer to No. 1, that the execution…