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POPE v. CLARK

88-1055.

551 So.2d 1053 (1989)

Mary Helen Clark POPE and Mary Loretta Clark Jones v. Joseph C. CLARK III, as Administrator of the Estate of Mary Helen Clark, Deceased.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

September 29, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

M. Wayne Wheeler, Birmingham, for appellants.

Carlos E. Heaps of Heaps & Ramsey, Birmingham, for appellee.

JONES, Justice.

This will contest case presents the issue whether a document bearing the signature of one witness is subject to probate as a valid will pursuant to Alabama's Uniform Probate Code (Ala.Code 1975, § 43-8-1 et seq.).1 We hold that the document is not a valid will and, therefore, is not subject to probate.

The appellants are daughters of the deceased (Mary Helen Clark), and the appellee is the deceased's son and...

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