Little v. Gavin

GARDNER, Chief Justice.

In Little v. Sugg, 243 Ala. 196, 8 So.2d 866, this Court affirmed the judgment of the court below in sustaining the contest of the will of Charles R. Burgess, deceased, instituted by a number of the heirs of said decedent. The will had been offered for probate by Agnes Little, the sister of decedent, who (omitting a few $1.00 bequests), was the sole beneficiary under the will.

The estate appears to have been a valuable one, and the litigation over the contest of the will was rather extensive. The grounds of contest were: (a) testamentary-incapacity of said Charles R.…