Huffines v. Minchey

This is a contest as to the validity of what purports to be a joint will of B. H. Minchey and his wife Mrs. Thelma Minchey dated March 28, 1949, the grounds of the contest being that the document is not of such form, character and nature as to constitute a valid will and testament.

After the usual preliminary proceedings in the County Court of Jackson County, Tennessee, in such cases, the question of the validity of the will was heard in the Circuit Court of Jackson County upon the issue of devisavit vel non by the Honorable John D. Holladay, Judge, sitting without a jury, who held that the…