In Re Scholten's Estate

This case is a will contest in which the will was sustained. The case is brought into this court by writ of error. Ellen Scholten was 65 years of age. Her husband had died some years before. She had 8 living children, the youngest of whom was Catherine, who. was 25 years old, and who lived with her mother in the house of her brother who was the oldest of the children, and was a bachelor. All the other children were married and had homes of their own. Mrs. Scholten was taken ill Friday evening. Saturday forenoon a doctor was called, who found her suffering from pneumonia. A Catholic priest was…