WESTON v. ESTATE OF LAWLER

No. 52933.

406 So.2d 31 (1981)

Mary Ruth Henry WESTON, George F. Henry, Jr. and Horace E. Henry v. ESTATE OF Joseph A. LAWLER, Deceased, et al.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

November 18, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark W. Prewitt, Vicksburg, Henry Lee Rodgers, Louisville, for appellants.

Lake Tindall, Hunger & Thackston, Edwin W. Tindall, Frank S. Thackston, Jr., Greenville, for appellees.

Before ROBERTSON, P.J., and SUGG and LEE, JJ.


LEE, Justice, for the Court:

Mrs. Ruth Henry Weston, George F. Henry, Jr., and Horace E. Henry, sister and brothers by the half blood of J.A. Lawler, filed a will contest in the Chancery Court of Washington County, Honorable Nat W. Bullard, presiding, after an instrument dated November 20, 1979, purported to have been executed by J.A. Lawler, was admitted to probate. The contestants contended that the testator lacked the mental capacity to execute a will and that...

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