MATTER OF ESTATE OF WOODS

No. B-5900.

542 S.W.2d 845 (1976)

In the Matter of the ESTATE of M. L. WOODS, Deceased.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Rehearing Denied November 24, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

McMillan & Lewellen, C. O. McMillan, Stephenville, Dewey Cox, Jr., Ranger, for petitioner.

Bill B. Hart, Eastland, for respondent.


DANIEL, Justice.

This is a will contest in which the plaintiff-contestant alleges that the testator, M. L. Woods, was acting under undue influence when he executed his will in 1964 and a codicil in 1972, and that he was also of unsound mind when he executed the codicil in 1972.

The will and codicil were admitted to probate by order of the County Court of Eastland County. The contestant, Orville Lucille Brown, a niece of the testator, filed suit in the same...

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