Hassell v. Croft

TIREY, Justice.

This cause involves the contest of the last will and testament of David Hassell. The proponents prevailed in the County Court and contestants seasonably perfected their appeal to the District Court of Anderson County. At the conclusion of the evidence the Court overruled the motion of proponents and that of the contestants for an instructed verdict, and submitted to the jury only one issue for its determination, and it is: “Do you find from a preponderance of the evidence that the instrument bearing date of March 8, 1954, and purporting to be the last will and testament of…