Aftalion v. Stauffer

Appellee, Inez E. Aftalion, as complainant in the court below, filed a bill in the circuit court of Peoria county to contest the will of her mother, Eleanor M. Edwards. The bill charged undue influence and want of mental capacity of the testatrix. Issues were made up and submitted to a jury, which returned a verdict finding the writing produced as the last will and testament of Eleanor M. Edwards was not her will. A motion by proponents for a new trial was overruled and a decree entered setting aside the alleged will and the probate thereof. From that decree proponents have appealed.

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