Dueringer v. Klocke

The issue involved in this action is as to whether or not the plaintiffs are still entitled to the interest in their mother’s estate given them by her will. Under the mother’s will the sons were not beneficiaries. Shortly after the mother’s death the children met at the residence of one of the defendants, read the will, and finally at the same meeting the will was destroyed. The next day, as claimed by the defendants, and within a few days, as claimed by the plaintiffs, the defendant Charles A. Klocke presented to the plaintiffs, and the plaintiffs signed, a paper wherein they “ agree to…