In Re Duvall's Estate

In this case the validity of the will of Pattie Duvall, an aged colored woman, is involved for this court’s consideration. The parties retain the same position here as in the trial court, and will be referred to as contestant and proponent, respectively.

The contestant, a niece of the testatrix, urges that Pattie Duvall was illiterate; that the alleged signature to the will was a forgery; that the decision of the trial court was contrary to the physical facts, which disclosed a forgery; (hat the decision of the trial court was against the clear weight of the evidence; that the tes-(afrix could…