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LINNARD v. SHIELDS

77-608.

368 So.2d 14 (1979)

Mary LINNARD, a/k/a Mary Lindsey (Lindsley) v. Nick SHIELDS.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

March 2, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kirtley W. Brown of Fitts & Brown, Marion, for appellant.

Rose M. Sanders of Chestnut, Sanders & Sanders, Selma, for appellee.

MADDOX, Justice.

This case involves a contested will. The issue is whether the testatrix exhibited the testamentary capacity necessary to make a will.

Summarized, the facts are:

On February 26, 1975, the mayor of Uniontown, Andrew Hayden, prepared a will for the testatrix. In the will the testatrix left $1.00 to her sister, Mary Linnard (Lindsley), the contestant. The remainder of her estate was left to Bernard Hugene

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