IN RE ESTATE OF PIGG

No. 2002-CA-00980-COA.

877 So.2d 406 (2003)

In the Matter of the ESTATE OF Mary M. PIGG, Deceased. Earl J. McClendon, Individually, and as Executor, Appellant, v. David L. McClendon, Hugh I. McCLendon, Myrtis M. Doyle and Sharon M. Wheetley, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied November 18, 2003.

Certiorari Denied July 15, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nathan P. Adams, Greenville, Attorney for Appellant.

John H. Cox, Mendenhall, Attorney for Appellee.

Before SOUTHWICK, P.J., THOMAS and IRVING, JJ.


SOUTHWICK, P.J., for the Court.

¶ 1. The executor under a last will and testament appealed the decision of a chancery court jury finding in favor of those who challenged the will. We agree that there was insufficient evidence that testamentary capacity or undue influence had been exerted. We reverse and enter judgment that the will be admitted to probate.

FACTS

¶ 2. Mary McClendon Pigg died in July 2000 at the age of eighty. She executed...

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