Norton v. Clarks

DAVIS, Justice.

This is an appeal from a suit to set aside a will. Mattie Perry, an 87-year-old Negro, executed her will on October 3, 1955, and willed everything she had to Joe Norton, Jr., a person not related to her. She died on June 26, 1956. Her will was admitted to probate on July 16, 1956. On June 7, 1957, plaintiffs-appellees filed a suit to set aside the will. On the trial in the County Court, the contest was denied and an appeal was taken to the District Court. In the District Court, in a trial before a jury, judgment was entered setting aside the will and Joe Norton, Jr., has…