Sims v. McKnight

SAM D. JOHNSON, Justice.

The Probate Court of Harris County admitted the will of B. C. McKnight to probate and an appeal was taken to the District Court. Contestants, and appellants herein, are the children of the decedent by his first marriage. The proponent, and appellee herein, is the decedent’s second wife of some thirty-seven years, and his surviving widow. The trial in the District Court was to a jury .which found that the decedent had testamentary capacity by answering affirmatively the single special issue on this subject that was propounded by the court. Contestants filed their motion…