Parker v. Marshall

This is an appeal from a judgment based on a jury verdict in favor of the contestants of a will.

Eliska Marshall Cooper died January 27, 1985, leaving four surviving children: Jesse Marshall, Alexander Marshall, Joseph Marshall, and Sarah Marshall. She was also survived by numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren; one of the grandchildren is Sarah Marshall's son, Lowery Parker, Jr.

Cooper had written a will in 1982 with the aid of Jesse and of Lowery, whom she had reared as a child and helped put through law school. The will named Jesse and Lowery as co-executors of the will and…