Anderson v. Clingingsmith

MASSEY, Chief Justice.

We affirm the judgment of the trial court which declares the validity of a will, in a suit brought in contest thereof.

Mrs. Mittie Anderson, a widow, Mrs. Maud Hillard, a widow, A. A. (Mack) Harrington, and Mesdames Essie Howard, Agnes Prather, and Willie L. Swindler, who were joined by their husbands, filed written contest of the application to probate the will of J. P. Clingingsmith, deceased, in the County Court of Montague County, Texas. Said contestants are either sisters, or surviving children of deceased sisters of the testator.

Proponent of the will, upon whose…