Yates v. Jeans

McDowell, judge.

This is an action by appellants, Benita L. Yates, John E. Jones, Mrs. Chester H. Crain and Willard J. Walker, nieces and nephews of Clara Hood, deceased, to contest her will dated November 15, 1952. The cause was tried before the court in Division I of Jasper County, Missouri, and, at the end of all of the evidence, judgment was entered establishing the instrument in writing dated November 15, 1952, as the last will and testament of the deceased.

The sole contention raised in appellants’ brief is that the will dated November 15, 1952, had been revoked by a subsequent will…