Legal Opinion

Weaver v. Allison

Supreme Court of Missouri

Decided March 17, 1937PublishedCited by 19 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

This is a will contest suit, brought by the two daughters of G.W. Armstrong, who died in 1933, owning land in Douglas County. A jury was waived, and the case tried by court, which entered judgment sustaining the will. Contestants have appealed.

The petition alleged that the testator "was of weak and feeble mind, his memory being greatly impaired and was a sufferer of senile dementia, and was in such mental condition that he was of unsound mind within the meaning of the law." It also alleged undue influence on the part of a beneficiary in the will, who was not related to the testator, and of…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Lilly v. TobbeinSupreme Court of Missouri · 1890
  2. Rouchene v. Gamble Construction Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1935
  3. Teckenbrock v. McLauglhinSupreme Court of Missouri · 1908
  4. Berkemeier v. RellerSupreme Court of Missouri · 1927
  5. Lampe v. Franklin American Trust Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1936

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3Cited by19 opinions

  1. Wipfler v. BaslerSupreme Court of Missouri · 1952
  2. Dove v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1942
  3. State Ex Rel. Siegel v. StrotherSupreme Court of Missouri · 1956
  4. Taylor v. CoeMissouri Court of Appeals · 1984
  5. Odom v. LangstonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1943

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