Rahr v. East Wisconsin Trustee Co.

The challenge to the order admitting the will and the codicils to probate is primarily upon the grounds (1) that the testatrix lacked sufficient mental capacity to make a will, and (2) that the will and the codicils were the product of undue influence.

The objectors to the will and codicils were Eileen Rahr, widow of decedent’s nephew Paul, and Pauline Marie Rahr, grandniece of the testatrix and principal surviving beneficiary under an earlier will dated August 18, 1969.

Blanche Fechter, the testatrix, died on February 10, 1976, at the age of eighty-eight years, possessing an estate worth in…