Jones v. Selman
Court of Appeals of Texas
1Opinion of the Court
P. E. Jones, proponent of the will of his deceased wife, Martha Jane Jones, appeals from a judgment of the district court of Coryell county on a special issue verdict sustaining a contest of the will on the ground of undue influence.
Appellant says: (1) The evidence is insufficient to sustain the findings of the jury that (a) P. E. Jones, Eulalie Jones, and Treva Jones Stiles, or either of them, exercised undue influence on Martha Jane Jones at the time she executed the alleged will on January 15, 1930, and (b) such undue influence caused Martha Jane Jones to execute such written instrument;…
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