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REED v. SHIPP

SC 790.

308 So.2d 705 (1975)

Lula Nannie Ella REED and Fannie Reed Simmons v. Mary SHIPP et al.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

February 20, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brooks, Garrett & Thompson and Everette A. Price, Jr., Brewton, for appellants.

Otts & Moore, Brewton, Joseph B. Nix, Jr., David T. Hyde, Jr., guardian ad litem, Evergreen, for appellees.

JONES, Justice.

This is an appeal by contestants (Lula Reed and Fannie Reed Simmons) from a judgment for proponents (Mary Shipp, Elsie Shipp Pate, Edna Shipp, and Elvis Shipp) in a will contest case. The trial Court directed the jury to render a verdict for the proponents.

We set out the trial Court's entire oral instruction to the jury, including the colloquy between the Court and counsel for contestants:

"Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, when you...

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