Otte v. Bullock

This is an action to contest the will of Frederick Otte, deceased. The jury returned a verdict declaring the paper writing not to be his last will, and the case is now before the court upon a motion for a new trial.

The decedent left surviving him seven children. By the paper writing dated March 20, 1916, probated as his last will, he bequeathed $200 to a divorced daughter-in-law, and gave the balance of his estate consisting largely of realty and valued at approximately $15,000 to his-daughter, Edna Otte Bullock, whom he named executrix. In this paper writing he recited that his other six…