Estes v. Bridgforth
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Probate Court of Limestone. Heard before the Hon. James E. Horton. The proceedings in this case were had upon a contest as to the probating of the last will -and testament of James W. Bridgforth, deceased. The will was offered for probate by the appellee, William Bridgforth, a son of the testator, and.was contested by the appellants, who were children and heirs-at-law of other children of the testator.
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Appeal from the Probate Court of Limestone. Heard before the Hon. James E. Horton. The proceedings in this case were had upon a contest as to the probating of the last will -and testament of James W. Bridgforth, deceased. The will was offered for probate by the appellee, William Bridgforth, a son of the testator, and.was contested by the appellants, who were children and heirs-at-law of other children of the testator. The grounds of the contest were undue influence and mental incapacity to make a will. The contestants offered evidence tending to show that the testator was unduly influenced by…
1Opinion of the Court
COLEMAN, J. —
The appellee, William Bridgforth, offered for probate an instrument purporting to be the last will and testament of James W. Bridgforth, which was contested by the appellants. The appeal is prosecuted from certain rulings of the court made during the trial, to which exceptions were reserved.
The contestants offered in evidence a written instrument executed by testator in which the “Estes children” were recognized to be “equal in all matters of division of his estate,” &c. In rebuttal, against the objection of the contestant, the proponent examined the judge presiding with…
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