GOODNIGHT v. CURRY

No. 11847.

618 S.W.2d 278 (1981)

Ray GOODNIGHT, Clifford Goodnight, Leona E. Davis and Fay Maxcy Nichols, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. James E. CURRY, Administrator, Maxine Campbell, Genevieve Storm, Lena Brent, Bill Goodnight, Leonard Goodnight, Patricia Arnette, Alfred Tate and Thelma Goodnight, Defendants-Respondents.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, Division One.

June 16, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel P. Wade, Wade & Haden, Ava, John G. Moody, Mansfield, for plaintiffs-appellants.

John E. Price, Woolsey, Fisher, Whiteaker, McDonald & Ansley, Springfield, for defendants-respondents.


PREWITT, Judge.

Plaintiffs brought this action contesting a purported will of William Goodnight. They contend that due to illness including a stroke, and advancing age, he did not have testamentary capacity at the time the document was signed and that it was executed as a result of undue influence. The trial court, finding that the decedent had testamentary capacity at the time he signed the will and that it was not executed due to undue influence, declared the contested...

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