Bottrell v. Spengler

Appellant, Thomas Wayde Bottrell, filed in the county court of Christian county his petition for the probate of a single sheet of paper purporting to be the last will and testament of Sampson Bottrell, who died in November, 1929. The court granted the prayer of the petition, and certain heirs of Sampson Bottrell appealed to the circuit court of that county. While that appeal was pending appellant appeared by counsel at the March, 1930, term of the circuit court and by leave of court dismissed the petition. Thereafter, on March 17, 1930, appellant filed in the county court a second and…