BD. OF TRUSTEES OF U. OF ALA. v. Calhoun

This is a will contest case. The Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama (hereinafter "Trustees"), the proponents of the will, appeal from an order of the Probate Court of Jefferson County holding that Myrtle Crouch Bourziel had revoked her 1983 will and 1985 codicil by removing the signature page from the instrument and thus died intestate. We affirm.

The evidence shows that Mrs. Bourziel was an astute and strong-willed lady until she suffered a stroke when she was over 90 years old. She was an officer in the Birmingham chapter of the Society of Corrosive Engineers, and was in the…