Lansing v. Oaks

■MORIARTY, C.

This is an appeal from a judgment in a will contest proceeding.

An instrument purporting to he the will of Mary J. Lansing', deceased, was presented for probate by one Adelbert F. Oaks, who was in no way related to Mary J. Lansing, but was named in the instrument as executor and as residuary legatee. The appellant B. F. Lansing is a son of the decedent, and the appellants William Loftus, Glenn Kennison, and Mrs. Lewis Crom, Jr., are the children of deceased daughters of the decedent.

These appellants appeared in the county court and contested the will on the grounds that the…