Dobson v. Shortt

TOMLIN, Senior Judge.

This is a will contest case. G.O. Dobson, Sr. (“testator”) died on February 21, 1991 in Benton County. Shortly thereafter, Virginia Dobson Shortt (“defendant”), the testator’s daughter and administratrix of his estate, filed a petition in the Chancery Court of Benton County to probate the will. The will was admitted to probate in common form.

Larry W. Dobson, G.O. Dobson, Jr., and Jimmy Wayne Dobson, a non compos mentis without guardian (“plaintiffs”), testator’s surviving sons, filed a petition contesting the will. They contended that the will was invalid because it was…