In Re the Estate Thurman

CROCKETT, Justice.

Clarice M. Ball challenges the probate of the will of her father, David Owens Thurman, and the election to take under it made by his widow, Thelma C. Thurman. From a judgment rejecting her contentions, Clarice appeals.

The testator in his will named Thelma, his wife by a second marriage, as his executrix and devised to her his entire estate, both .real and personal.

In seeking to defeat the will and share in the estate, Clarice makes two main contentions: 1) that the will was not proved to have been properly executed, and 2) that the widow did not timely file a formal…