Cox v. Hale

This is a will contest by ibill in equity after probate.

In numerous ways complainant raised the point in the court below that the will is void on its face. This question is first presented in assignments of error and briefs on this appeal.

In “second” item of the will, the testator, Johnson B. Hale, devised a house and lot in the city of Gadsden, definitely described, to complainant, his daughter, Norma Cox.

In “fourth” item he devised and bequeathed to his wife, Della Hale, and six children, naming them, “all my real property or mixed property that I may die seized and possessed.” *

The…