Colorado National Bank v. Cole

Plaintiffs in error were proponents of a will executed by Queen V. Cole, deceased, and the defendant in error is the son of said testatrix and a contestant of the will. The ground of the contest was that the testatrix was not of testamentary capacity when the will was executed. On a trial of that issue to a jury in the district court, verdict was in favor of contestant, and judgment was entered accordingly. The case is now before us for review.

The will, after making sundry bequests to friends and relatives, devoted the remainder of the estate to charitable purposes. The only reference in the…