Smith v. Tribble ex rel. Tribble

SHORES, Justice.

Bama Clay Smith died in a helicopter accident on Christmas Day, 1984. She left a will, in which she appointed her father and mother, Edward Clay Smith and Shir*1085ley A. Smith, as executors of her estate and also appointed them as guardians of both the person and property of her minor child, Daniel Clay Tribble, aged seven at the time of her death.

The Smiths filed a petition to admit the will to probate and for their appointment as executors thereunder in the Probate Court of Limestone County.

The minor son of the decedent, Daniel Clay Tribble, by and through his father and next…