Edens v. Cleaves
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal.from District Court, El Paso County; Ballard Coldwell, Judge. Will contest between Mrs. M. A. Cleaves and others, proponents, and Mrs. Bettie Edens and others, contestants. Prom the decree of the district court on appeal from probate court admitting the will to probate, contestants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtHarper, C. J.
This proceeding was instituted in the probate court of El Paso county by appellees to probate the will of W. E. iRho-ton, deceased. The probate was contested by appellants upon the grounds of unsound mind and undue influence exercised by Mrs. Cleaves at the time of the execution of the will. The will was probated, and an order entered to that effect upon the probate minutes. The case-was appealed to the district court, where upon trial before a jury, the same judgment was entered, from which this appeal.
[1] Assignments 1 to 5, inclusive, urge that because the will was not copied in the…
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