VENNER v. LAYTON

No. 14407.

244 S.W.2d 852 (1951)

VENNER et al. v. LAYTON et al.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Dallas.

Rehearing Denied January 4, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thos. R. Bond, Thomas H. Crofts and Jack P. Bond, all of Terrell, for appellants.

John A. Erhard and Dwight L. McCormack, of Dallas, for appellees.


CRAMER, Justice.

This is an appeal by contestants from a judgment probating the last will of Frances Back Venner, deceased. Appellants' contest was upon two grounds, one, want of testamentary capacity of testatrix and, second, undue influence and fraud upon testatrix.

At conclusion of the evidence the trial court instructed a verdict and entered judgment for appellees. The only question on this appeal is whether the evidence raised jury questions on the issues...

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