Gibbs v. Hensley

Jim Hannah, Justice.

Appellants Timothy Delwin Gibbs, Terri Dawn Gibbs, and Clayton Dustin Gibbs appeal the chancery court’s decision that their grandfather, Vestal M. Gibbs, entered into a valid contract to make a will and that Roy Leo Hensley was a proper party to a third-party action. Hensley cross-appeals asserting that the chancery court erred in failing to find that Vestal’s wife, Alice, ratified and joined in the contract to make a will as a party when she executed the will and other documents required by the contract between Hensley and Vestal.

Equity cases are tried de novo on the…