Supreme Court of Alabama May 22, 1941, 5 Div. 336. (Ex Parte Pearson)

BROWN, Justice.

The jurisdiction of the Probate Court to entertain a proceeding contesting a will is a statutory and limited jurisdiction, and after the proceeding to probate the will has eventuated in a final decree admitting the will to probate the court is without jurisdiction to entertain a contest.

The language of the statute is:

“A

will,

before the probate

thereof, may be contested,” etc.