JACKSON v. DAVIS

No. 79-805.

398 So.2d 242 (1981)

Irene Davis JACKSON v. Alton DAVIS et al.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

April 24, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Underwood, Tuscumbia, for appellant.

James L. Marks of Hewlett & Black, Muscle Shoals, for appellees.


SHORES, Justice.

This is an appeal by defendant Irene Davis Jackson from a judgment entered on a jury verdict in favor of the plaintiffs Alton Davis and Marion Davis Abbott in an action contesting the will of Clyde Davis. The jury found Irene Jackson, the decedent's sister, to have exerted undue influence on the decedent to procure the will in her favor. Plaintiffs were decedent's brother and alleged daughter. We reverse and remand.

The decedent had been living...

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