McCRAY v. REED

SC 2747.

358 So.2d 432 (1978)

Nathaniel McCRAY v. James REED.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied May 26, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Milton Coxwell, Jr., of Coxwell & Coxwell, Monroeville, Jerry L. Thornton, Hayneville, for appellant.

Carolyn D. Gaines, of Chestnut, Sanders & Sanders, Selma, for appellee.


JONES, Justice.

This appeal challenges, on jurisdictional grounds, the adjudication by the Circuit Court that an alleged Codicil to a Will is void. Because the alleged Codicil was not first offered for probate in the Probate Court, says Appellant, the Circuit Court was without jurisdiction to adjudicate a "contest" of that instrument. We affirm.

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