In Re Shanks' Estate

This is a will contest. The connty court of Union county held the will invalid. On appeal to the circuit court the order of the county court was reversed and the will was declared valid. The contestants have appealed.

On August 1, 1938, Richard A. Shanks executed an instrument purporting to be his last will and testament. At that time he was, presumably, under fifty years of age. He was, and for many years prior thereto had been, a resident of La Grande, Oregon. By the terms of the document the testator bequeathed to his mother, Effie Shanks, of Rogersville, Tennessee, if living at the time of…