State v. Collentine

The complaint in this proceeding was made and filed pursuant to sec. 256.28 (8), Stats. In substance it alleges that the defendant, John R. Collentine, was the attorney and conservator for Jane S. Skidmore and that on the 2d of April, 1964, he drafted a will for Jane S. Skidmore that provided, with the exception of a single bequest of personal property, that he, John R. Collentine, was to inherit the entire residue of the estate. The bare-bones allegations of the complaint are supported by the great weight and clear preponderance of the evidence.

For the plaintiff there was a brief and oral…