Cheatham v. Burnside

This suit involves the validity of the alleged last will and testament of Sim Burnside who died December 31, 1952, at the age of eighty-three. The purported will was admitted to probate in common form and shortly thereafter was contested by the appellees on the ground that the testator at the time of the execution of the will on April 8, 1952, did not have sufficient mental capacity to make a valid will, and further on the ground of undue influence leading to the execution of the will. The issue on the contest was made up and submitted to a jury which returned a general verdict against the…