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ÔÔ€ÔÓ&€X„d&ÓÑ#€Xd#ÑÔ€ÔÝ  ÝÑ\R AØ'\ÑÑ7€ÖbXXdìXXdì7ÑÔ€ÔÓ  ÓÒ  ÒÒ £ ÒIN€THE€COURT€OF€APPEALS€OF€TENNESSEEÌWESTERN€SECTION€AT€JACKSONÌÓ  Ó_____________________________________________________________________________ÌÌLARRY€W.€DOBSON€andà àà àà àBenton€Circuit€No.€3227ÌG.O.€DOBSON,€JR.€and€as€à àà àà àC.A.€No.€02A01„9411„CV„00258Ìnext€friends€of€ÌJIMMY€WAYNE€DOBSON,à àà àà àHon.€Julian€P.€Guinn,€JudgeÌÙ€€ÙßL€!# ;+'h|ÿ` Å `€€Lßa€non€compos€mentis€Ìwithout€guardian,ÌÌà àPlaintiffs/Contestants/Appellees,ÌÌv.ÌÌVIRGINIA€DOBSON€SHORTT,Ìindividually€and€as€administratrixÌof€the€estate€of€G.O.€DOBSON,€SR.,ÌÌà àDefendant/Proponent/Appellant.ÌÌD.D.€MADDOX,€Maddox,€Maddox€&€Maddox,€Huntingdon,ÌAttorney€for€Appellant.ÌÌROBERT€T.€KEETON,€JR.€and€LAURA€A.€KEETON,€Law€Offices€of€Robert€T.ÏKeeton,€Jr.,€Huntingdon,€Attorneys€for€Appellee€Larry€W.€Dobson.ÌÌANDREW€B.€FRAZIER,€JR.,€Frazier€&€Whitworth,€Camden,ÌAttorney€for€Appellee€G.O.€Dobson,€Jr.ÌÌÌò òòòREVERSED€AND€REMANDEDó óóóÌÌÌOpinion€Filed:Ì____________________________________________________________________________ÌÌò òTOMLIN,€Sr.€J.ó óÌÌÓ  ÓÓÓà àThis€is€a€will€contest€case.€€G.O.€Dobson,€Sr.€(ð ðtestatorðð)€died€onÏFebruary€21,€1991€in€Benton€County.€€Shortly€thereafter,€Virginia€DobsonÏShortt€(ð ðdefendantðð),€the€testatorððs€daughter€and€administratrix€of€hisÏestate,€filed€a€petition€in€the€Chancery€Court€of€Benton€County€to€probateÏthe€will.€€The€will€was€admitted€to€probate€in€common€form.ÌÌà àLarry€W.€Dobson,€G.O.€Dobson,€Jr.,€and€Jimmy€Wayne€Dobson,€a€nonÏcompos€mentis€without€guardian€(ð ðplaintiffsðð),€testatorððs€surviving€sons,Ïfiled€a€petition€contesting€the€will.€€They€contended€that€the€will€wasÏinvalid€because€it€was€not€executed€in€compliance€with€the€provisions€ofÏthe€Uniform€Wills€Act,€codified€at€T.C.A.€ðð€32„1„104€(1984).€€The€caseÏwas€thereafter€certified€to€the€Circuit€Court€of€Benton€County€for€a€juryÏtrial€on€the€issue€of€devisavit€vel€non.€€At€trial,€following€theÏpresentation€of€all€the€proof€for€both€parties,€the€trial€court€grantedÏplaintiffsðð€motion€for€a€directed€verdict.€€On€appeal,€defendant€hasÏpresented€two€issues€for€our€consideration:€whether€the€trial€court€erredÏ(1)€in€granting€plaintiffsðð€motion€for€directed€verdict,€and€(2)€in€refusingÏto€grant€defendantððs€motion€for€directed€verdict.€€For€the€reasonsÍhereinafter€stated,€we€reverse€and€remand€for€a€new€trial.ÌÌà àUnder€the€terms€of€testatorððs€will€dated€October€9,€1986,€plaintiffsÏand€defendant€were€named€as€beneficiaries,€although€defendant€receivedÏthe€bulk€of€testatorððs€estate.€€The€will€consisted€of€four€typewritten,Ïlined€pages€that€bore€only€the€signature€of€the€testator€and€a€handwrittenÏdate€of€execution.€€The€attestation€clause€and€separate€affidavit€wereÏtyped€on€plain,€legal„sized€paper€and€bore€the€signatures€of€the€twoÏattesting€witnesses,€Anita€Wright€and€Warren€Cantrell,€who€were€bothÏemployees€of€the€Benton€County€Government€at€the€time€the€will€wasÏexecuted.€€The€affidavit€was€notarized€by€Jimmy€Wiseman,€the€BentonÏCounty€Register€of€Deeds.€€At€the€time€the€will€was€entered€for€probate,Ïthese€two€documents€had€been€attached€to€the€will.ÌÌà àThe€attestation€clause€reads€as€follows:ÌÌÓÓà8 àG.O.€Dobson,€of€Benton€County,€Tennessee,€signed€the€foregoingÏinstrument€in€our€presence€on€the€24th€day€of€April,€1987,Ïpublishing€and€declaring€it€to€be€his€Last€Will€and€Testament,Ïand€as€witness€whereof,€we€two€do€now€at€his€request,€in€hisÏpresence€and€in€the€presence€of€each€other,€hereto€subscribeÏour€names.ÌÌà8 àNAMESà àà àà àà àADDRESSÌà àòò/s/€Anita€Wrightóóà àà àà àòòWright€St.€Camden,€TN€38320óóÌà8 àòò/s/Warren€Cantrellóóà àà àòòRt.€1€Big€Sandy,€TNóóÓÓÌÌThe€affidavit€reads€as€follows:ÌÌÓ  ÓÌAFFIDAVITÌÓ  ÓÓÓà8 àà àWe,€the€undersigned,€being€first€duly€sworn,€make€oathÏthat€G.O.€Dobson,€on€the€24th€day€of€April,€1987,€declared€andÏsignified€to€us€that€this€instrument€is€his€Last€Will€andÏTestament;€that€he€signed€said€instrument€in€our€presence€andÏsight;€that€we,€at€his€request€and€in€his€presence€and€in€theÏpresence€of€each€other,€then€subscribed€our€names€hereto€asÏattesting€witnesses;€that€at€the€time€of€execution,€theÏTestator€was€more€that€[sic]€18€years€of€age,€of€sound€mindÏand€disposing€memory€and€did€not€appear€under€any€undueÏinfluence€and€that€the€undersigned,€each€being€more€than€18Ïyears€of€age,€make€and€sign€this€affidavit€at€the€TestatorððsÏrequest€on€the€day€and€year€first€above€written.ÌÌà8 àà àà àà àà àà àà àà àòò/s/€Anita€WrightóóÌà8 àà àà àà àà àà àà àà àòò/s/€Warren€CantrellóóÌÌà8 àà àSWORN€and€subscribed€before€me€this€the€24th€day€ofÏApril,€1987.ÌÌà8 àà àà àà àà àà àà àà àòò/s/€Jimmy€WisemanóóÌà8 àà àà àà àà àà àà àà àNOTARY€PUBLICÌÌà8 àMy€Commission€Expires€Sept.€20,€1989ÌÌÓÓÌà àWith€regard€to€the€attestation€clause,€plaintiffs€contend€that€(1)Ïtestator€did€not€sign€the€will€in€the€presence€of€the€alleged€witnesses,Ï(2)€testator€did€not€acknowledge€at€any€time€to€either€of€the€twoÏwitnesses€that€the€instrument€was€his€Last€Will€and€Testament,€and€(3)Ïthe€witnesses€did€not€sign€the€attestation€clause€in€the€presence€of€eachÏother.ÌÌà àAt€the€trial€below,€Anita€Wright€stated€that€she€signed€theÏattestation€clause€and€affidavit€in€the€office€of€Jimmy€Wiseman.€€SheÏproceeded€to€give€the€following€testimony€regarding€her€role€in€theÏexecution€of€the€will:ÌÌÓÓà8 àQ.€€Was€Mr.€Ty€Dobsonð"ðI€call€G.O.€Dobson,€Sr.€Ty€Dobson,€youÏunderstand€that?ÌÌà8 àA.€€Uh„huh.ÌÌà8 àQ.€€Was€he€there?ÌÌà8 àA.€€Yes,€sir.ÌÌà8 àQ.€€Did€you€execute€these€documents€there?ÌÌà8 àA.€€Yes,€sir.ÌÌà8 àQ.€€You€and€Mr.€Cantrell€together?ÌÌà8 àA.€€Yes,€sir.ÌÌà8 àQ.€€After€you€signed€those€documents€did€Mr.€Wiseman€takeÏyour€oath€on€that€separate€Affidavit?Ìà8 àÌà8 àA.€€I€do€not€recall€him€doing€it.Ìà8 àÌà8 àQ.€€Well,€you€signed€it,€didnððt€you?ÌÌà8 àA.€€Right.ÌÌÌÌÓÓOn€cross€examination,€Wright€gave€the€following€testimony:ÌÓÓÌÌà8 àQ.€€Mrs.€Wright,€what€purports€to€be€the€Will€of€Mr.€Dobson€isÏwritten€on,€I€guess,€a€legal€pad€or€something,€a€lined€paper.€€ItÏconsists€of€four€typewritten€pages.€€This€Affidavit€is€onð"ðIÏbelieve€this€is€14„inch€paper,€is€it€not?ÌÌà8 àA.€€Yes.ÌÌà8 àQ.€€This€Affidavit€that€you€signed€and€youððre€testifying€aboutÏhere€today€consists€of€two€pages,€one€page€plus€að"ðwell,€twoÏpages€actually,€the€Attestation€Clause€and€the€Affidavit;€isÏthat€right?ÌÌà8 àA.€€Yes.à8 àÌÌà8 àQ.€€Did€you€ever€see€these€four€pages?ÌÌà8 àA.€€No,€sir.ÌÌà8 àQ.€€You€never€saw€them?ÌÌà8 àA.€€No,€sir.ÌÌà8 àQ.€€What€you€saw€up€there€that€day€was€simply€these€twoÏpages;€isnððt€that€correct?ÌÌà8 àA.€€Yes.ÌÌà8 àà à.€.€.€.ÌÌà8 àQ.€The€truth€of€the€matter€is€somebody€handed€you€someÏpapers€and€said,€ð ðHere,€witness€this,ðð€and€you€just€signedÏyour€name€and€walked€out,€didnððt€you?ÌÌà8 àA.€€Yes,€sir.ÌÌà8 àà à.€.€.€.ÌÌà8 àQ.€€All€right.€€But€your€best€recollection€is€did€you€see€G.O.ÏDobson€sign€a€document?ÌÌà8 àA.€€No.ÌÌà8 àQ.€€He€never€acknowledged€to€you€and€said,€ð ðMrs.€Wright,€thisÏis€my€signature.ððÌÌà8 àA.€€No.ÌÌà8 àQ.€€Or€anything€like€that?ÌÌà8 àA.€€No.ÌÌà8 àQ.€€Nobody€else€came€into€that€room€and€said,€ð ðThis€is€G.O.ÏDobsonððs€signature.ððÌÌà8 àA.€€No,€sir.ÌÌÓÓÌà àWarren€Cantrell,€the€other€attesting€witness,€testified€on€directÏexamination€that€although€he€had€signed€the€attestation€clause€andÏaffidavit€in€1987,€he€had€no€independent€recollection€of€whether€theÏtestator€was€present€at€the€time€of€the€signing.€€Similarly,€JimmyÏWiseman€had€no€independent€recollection€of€the€events€surrounding€theÏwillððs€execution.ÌÌà àIn€passing€on€a€motion€for€directed€verdict,€both€the€trial€court€andÏthe€reviewing€court€on€appeal€are€required€to€look€to€all€the€evidence,Ïtake€the€strongest€legitimate€view€of€it€in€favor€of€the€opponent€of€theÏmotion,€and€allow€all€reasonable€inferences€from€it€in€his€favor.€€TheÏcourt€must€discard€all€countervailing€evidence,€and€if€there€is€then€anyÏdispute€as€to€any€material€determinative€evidence,€or€any€doubt€as€to€theÏconclusion€to€be€drawn€from€the€whole€evidence,€the€motion€must€beÏdenied.€€òòTennessee€Farmers€Mut.€Ins.€Co.€v.€Hinsonóó,€651€S.W.2d€235,€237„38€(Tenn.€App.€1983).ÌÌà à€In€òòMitchell€v.€Smithóó,€779€S.W.2d€384,€387€(Tenn.€App.€1989),€theÏmiddle€section€of€this€court€made€these€observations€concerning€the€roleÏof€directed€verdicts€in€will€contest€cases:ÌÓÓà8 àÌÌà8 àà àDirected€verdicts€are€available€in€will€contest€cases€toÏthe€same€extent€that€they€are€available€in€other€civil€cases.€ÏThey€are€appropriate€when€the€evidence€supports€oneÏconclusion,€but€are€inappropriate€when€the€material€facts€areÏin€dispute€or€when€there€is€substantial€disagreementÏconcerning€the€conclusions€to€be€drawn€from€the€evidence.ÌÌòòÌÌId.óó€€(citations€omitted).ÌÌÓÓÌà àThe€statutory€requirements€for€the€execution€of€a€will€are€set€forthÏin€T.C.A.€ðð€32„1„104€(1984),€which€provides:ÌÓÓÌÌà8 àòò32„1„104.€€Will€other€than€holographic€or€nuncupative.óóð"ðTheÏexecution€of€a€will,€other€than€a€holographic€or€nuncupativeÏwill,€must€be€by€the€signature€of€the€testator€and€of€at€leastÏtwo€(2)€witnesses€as€follows:ÌÌà8 à(1)€The€testator€shall€signify€to€the€attesting€witnesses€thatÏthe€instrument€is€his€will€and€either:ÌÌà8 àà8 à(A)€Himself€sign;Ìà8 àà8 à(B)€Acknowledge€his€signature€already€made;€orÌà8 àà8 à(C)€At€his€direction€and€in€his€presence€haveÏsomeone€else€sign€his€name€for€him;€andÌà8 àà8 à(D)€In€any€of€the€above€cases€the€act€must€be€doneÏin€the€presence€of€two€(2)€or€more€attestingÏwitnesses.ÌÌà8 à(2)€The€attesting€witnesses€must€sign:ÌÌà8 àà8 à(A)€In€the€presence€of€the€testator;€andÌà8 àà8 à(B)€In€the€presence€of€each€other.ÌÌÌÌÓÓà àIn€the€case€before€us,€as€can€be€seen€from€her€testimony€quotedÏabove,€Anita€Wright€testified€contrary€to€the€specific€recitals€containedÏin€the€attestation€clause€to€testatorððs€will,€which€she€admittedly€signed.€ÏAs€a€rule,€proof€of€the€validity€of€the€signature€of€the€testator€and€ofÏthose€of€the€attesting€witnesses€raises€a€presumption€that€the€witnessesÏsigned€the€will€in€accordance€with€the€recitals€in€the€attestation€clause.€ÏòòSee,€e.g.,€Needham€v.€Doyleóó,€286€S.W.2d€601,€615„16€(Tenn.€App.€1955).ÌÌà àPlaintiffs€rely€heavily€upon€the€opinion€of€our€supreme€court€in€òòFannÏv.€Fannóó,€208€S.W.2d€542€(Tenn.€1948)€in€support€of€their€contention€thatÏthe€trial€court€was€correct€in€granting€a€directed€verdict€in€their€favor,Ïthereby€setting€aside€the€will.€€The€òòFannóó€court€held€that€the€presumptionÏof€the€validity€of€the€execution€of€the€will€can€be€overcome€by€positiveÏtestimony€from€an€attesting€witness€contrary€to€the€recitals€contained€inÏthe€attestation€clause.€€In€affirming€the€court€of€appeals,€which€hadÏaffirmed€the€trial€courtððs€denial€of€the€probate€of€the€will,€the€òòFannóó€courtÏstated€that€where€the€witness€to€a€will€contradicts€the€recitals€in€theirÍstatements€or€deny€their€attestations,€the€evidence€in€favor€of€the€willÏmust€be€ð ðclear€and€fullðð€to€substantiate€it.€€òòId.óó€at€544.€€ÌÌà àIn€òòWhitlow€v.€Weaveróó,€478€S.W.2d€57€(Tenn.€App.€1970),€this€courtÏlimited€the€holding€in€òòFannóó€to€the€facts€of€that€case.€€In€òòWhitlowóó,€theÏtestatorððs€will€contained€an€attestation€clause,€which€was€witnessed€byÏtwo€of€testatorððs€neighbors.€€At€trial,€the€witnesses€to€the€will€testifiedÏthat€testator€failed€to€disclose€to€them€that€the€document€was€a€will,Ïand€that€the€document€was€folded€in€such€a€way€that€the€testatorððsÏsignature€was€obscured.€€They€further€stated€that€they€did€not€knowÏwhether€the€testator€had€signed€the€will€prior€to€the€time€he€brought€itÏto€them€to€sign,€but€that€he€did€not€sign€it€in€their€presence.€€They€alsoÏstated€that€they€did€not€read€the€attestation€clause€above€theirÏsignatures.€€The€contestants€contended€that€the€proponents€had€not€provenÏdue€execution€of€the€will,€and€sought€a€directed€verdict.€€The€motion€forÏdirected€verdict€was€denied,€and€the€case€was€submitted€to€the€jury,€whoÏfound€in€favor€of€the€will.€€òòId.óó€at€58„59.ÌÌà àIn€declining€to€follow€òòFannóó,€our€court€noted€a€legal€distinctionÏbetween€òòFannóó€and€òòWhitlowóó,€as€well€as€concern€expressed€by€JusticeÍTomlinson€as€to€the€undesirable€result€reached€in€that€case.€€Specifically,Ïthis€court€observed€that€when€òòFannóó€reached€the€supreme€court,€there€wasÏalready€a€concurrent€finding€of€fact€by€the€trial€judge€and€the€court€ofÏappeals€that€the€attesting€witnesses€did€not€sign€the€will€in€the€presenceÏof€each€other€as€required€by€statute.€€These€concurrent€findings€wereÏbinding€on€the€supreme€court.€€òòId.óó€at€60€(citation€omitted).ÌÌà àThe€òòWhitlowóó€court€further€observed€that€Justice€Tomlinson€himselfÏrecognized€the€evils€which€could€result€from€an€attesting€witnessÏdenying€the€recitations€contained€in€the€attestation€clause€above€hisÏsignatures.€€This€court€stated€this€policy€consideration€as€follows:ÌÌÓÓà8 àAttesting€witnesses€should€not€have€the€absolute€power€ofÏlife€and€death€over€a€will€in€those€cases€where€the€will€wasÏsigned€only€in€the€presence€of€two€witnesses.€€Wills€areÏseldom€executed€and/or€witnessed€in€public.ÓÓÌÌòòId.óó€at€60.ÌÌà àThe€òòWhitlowóó€court€held€that€the€trial€court€properly€allowed€theÏcase€to€go€to€the€jury€to€determine€the€validity€of€the€will.€€This€courtÍnoted€that€of€the€three€opinions€cited€by€Justice€Tomlinson€in€support€ofÏhis€opinion€in€òòFannóó,€none€involved€wills€containing€attestation€clauses,Ïbut€only€the€signatures€of€attesting€witnesses.€€òòSee€Rose€v.€Allenóó,€41ÏTenn.€(1€Cold.)€23€(1860);€òòBeadles€v.€Alexanderóó,€68€Tenn.€604€(1877);ÏòòSimmons€v.€Leonardóó,€18€S.W.€280€(Tenn.€1892).€€This€court€also€held€thatÏJustice€Tomlinson€erroneously€construed€the€holding€of€òòSimmonsóó,€whichÏdealt€primarily€with€the€issue€of€the€competency€of€a€nearly€blindÏsubscribing€witness.€€After€so€doing,€the€court€stated:ÌÌÓÓà8 à[W]e€respectfully€submit€that€[Justice€Tomlinsonððs]€opinion€inÏòòFann€v.€Fannóó€fails€to€delineate€between€the€òòpresumption€ofÏlawóó€obtaining€by€proof€of€a€testatorððs€signature€and€twoÏsubscribing€witnesses€thereto€with€no€attestation€clause€andÏthe€òòpresumption€of€factóó€which€arises€upon€proof€of€theÏsignature€of€the€testator€and€the€signatures€of€the€twoÏattesting€witnesses€to€a€will€containing€an€attestation€clauseÏwhich€recites€a€statutory€execution€of€the€will.ÌÌÌÌÓÓòòId.óó€at€61.ÌÌà àThe€òòWhitlowóó€court€concluded€as€follows:ÌÌÓÓà8 àThis€is€a€proper€case€to€announce€the€rule€in€Tennessee€to€beÏthat€proof€of€the€genuine€signatures€of€the€testator€and€twoÍcompetent€attesting€witnesses€to€a€will€along€with€anÏattestation€clause€reciting€that€the€will€was€executedÏaccording€to€the€Uniform€Will€Act€[T.C.A.€ðð€32„1„104]€createsÏa€rebuttable€presumption€of€fact€of€due€execution€of€the€willÏand€makes€a€prima€facie€case€for€the€proponent.€€TheÏtestimony€by€the€attesting€witnesses€denying€the€recitationsÏof€the€attestation€clause€is€admissible€to€rebut€theÏpresumption€and€makes€it€an€issue€for€the€jury€to€decide.ÌÌÓÓÌòòId.óó€at€62.ÌÌà àIn€the€case€before€us,€the€fact€that€there€was€a€properly€executedÏattestation€clause€and€affidavit€reciting€the€statutory€requirements€forÏthe€proper€execution€of€a€will€created€a€rebuttable€presumption€in€favorÏof€the€willððs€valid€execution.€€The€witness€Anita€Wrightððs€testimony€wasÏadmissible€to€rebut€that€presumption,€thereby€creating€an€issue€for€theÏjury.ÌÌà àFor€the€foregoing€reasons,€the€judgment€of€the€trial€court€isÏreversed.€€This€cause€is€remanded€to€the€trial€court€for€a€new€trial€notÏinconsistent€with€this€opinion.€€Costs€in€this€cause€on€appeal€are€taxed€toÏplaintiffs,€for€which€execution€may€issue€if€necessary.ÌÌÓÓà àà àà àà àà àà àà à___________________________________Ìà àà àà àà àà àà àà àTOMLIN,€Sr.€J.ÌÌÌÌà àà àà àà àà àà àà à___________________________________Ìà àà àà àà àà àà àà àCRAWFORD,€Ô% € ÔP.J.ÌÌÌÌà àà àà àà àà àà àà à___________________________________Ìà àà àà àà àà àà àà àFARMER,€J.