Court Opinion

ID: 9834479
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-01 23:37:46.423555+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:44:16.292734
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On Motion for Rehearing.
Counsel for appellants has filed an able motion for rehearing in which it is insisted that the assignments contained in the motion for a new trial were sufficiently broad in their scope to include the assignment urged in this Court. We disagree with this contention.
However, if we are in -error in the above holding, the assignment here presented is without merit. There is substantial evidence to support the finding of the jury to the effect that the will was the result of undue influence exercised upon the testatrix. We are not prepared to say that such finding is against the preponderance of the evidence. Even so it is not sufficient to justify an appellate court in setting the finding aside. In order to justify an appellate court in setting aside the finding of a jury, it must appear that such finding is without any substantial support in the evidence, or that it is against such an overwhelming preponderance of the evidence as to indicate that the jury were influenced by improper motives, or that manifest injustice has been done, or that the same is clearly wrong. Oden et al., v. McAdams et al., Tex.Civ.App., 108 S.W.2d 920.
The motion is overruled.