Bounds v. Caudle

BARROW, Justice.

This is an appeal from two separate judgments resulting from a consolidated jury trial of an appeal from a probate proceeding and a tort action. The suits resulted from the death by gunshot of Mrs. Robbie Bounds. The children of Mrs. Bounds, Kerry Tyrone Caudle and Cheryl Kay Caudle, alleged and the jury found that their stepfather, Dr. L. D. Bounds, intentionally and wrongfully caused their mother’s death. The trial court rendered judgment in the probate proceeding which admitted the will *926of Mrs. Bounds to probate, but disqualified Dr. Bounds to serve as Independent Executor…