In Re Estate of Bennight

IRWIN, Justice:

Appellants (contestants) contested the admission to probate the Last Will and Testament of Lealer Bennight, deceased. The county court determined that the deceased was not of sound and disposing mind and memory, did not possess testamentary capacity, and denied its admission to probate. Appellees (proponents) appealed to the district court and that court admitted the will to probate. Contestants appealed.

One of the contestants, Bessie Padgett Williams, is a surviving sister of the testatrix. The other contestants are the children of a deceased sister of the testatrix. The…