Applegate v. Brown

In Brown v. Applegate, 166 Neb. 432, 89 N. W. 2d 233, we had for consideration an appeal from a judgment of the district court affirming an order of the county court admitting the will of Lincoln Clarence Applegate to probate. We affirmed the order of the district court.

In the course of that decision we held: “The right to dispose of property by will at death is favored by the law; it is a valuable right which will be sustained when ever possible. It is the policy of the law to uphold devises and bequests and, if possible, to enforce them consistently with rules of law. A will should not be…