CRUTCHER v. WYNN

1900739.

591 So.2d 453 (1991)

Lucy Ann CRUTCHER v. Ernestine WYNN, as Executrix of the Estate of Odell Burney, Deceased.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied December 13, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerry D. Baker of Baker & Jett, P.C., Huntsville, for appellant.

M.H. Lanier, Huntsville, for appellee.


KENNEDY, Justice.

This appeal is from a dismissal of a cause of action based on the doctrine of res judicata.

The facts are as follows: Odell Burney died on October 6, 1989. Her daughter and the executrix of her estate, Ernestine Wynn, filed a petition for probate of Burney's purported will and codicil on October 19, 1989. Another of Burney's daughters, Lucy Ann Crutcher, contested the will on the grounds of undue...

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