Donnelly v. Hendrix

. CARNEY, J.

Plaintiff-in-error, John J. Donnelly, appeals from the action of the lower court in directing a- verdict against him in his action to contest the. two disputed wills of. his deceased sister, Marie Donnelly Markham, which had been certified to the Circuit Court of Shelby County for trial on .an issue of devisavit vel non.

Mrs. Markham died as a result of an automobile collision on February 7, 1958, a citizen and resident of Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, leaving real and personal property located in Shelby County, Tennessee. Mrs. Markham left surviving her as her only heir and…