Bailey v. Clark

Everett J. Clark died March 28, 1987. A document purporting to be his last will and testament was admitted to probate March 30, 1987. Harold Clark, a nephew of the decedent, filed a petition to declare the will invalid and a motion to require formal proof of the will. After a hearing the court entered an order setting aside the original order admitting the will to probate, declaring “that there has been insufficient competent evidence by the proponent of the will to establish the will.” Petition for rehearing and a post-trial motion filed by John Bailey, proponent of the will, were denied. On…