Legal Opinion

Morrow v. Board of Trustees of Park College

Supreme Court of Missouri

Decided July 3, 1944No. 38558PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtLeedy, P. J.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Clay Circuit Court, entered on a directed verdict in favor of the proponents of the will of James J. Morrow, deed., in a statutory action brought by his son and daughter to contest said instrument.

The only questions presented are these: (1) Whether, under the petition (as amended by interlineation at the close of proponents’ prima facie case) and the evidence touching the execution of the will, the issue of due execution thereof was one for the jury; and (2) whether contestants made a submissible case on the issue of want of testamentary capacity.

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2Cases cited23 opinions

  1. Loehr v. StarkeSupreme Court of Missouri · 1933
  2. Berkemeier v. RellerSupreme Court of Missouri · 1927
  3. State v. FoleySupreme Court of Missouri · 1898
  4. German Evangelical Bethel Church of Concordia v. ReithSupreme Court of Missouri · 1931
  5. Walter v. AltSupreme Court of Missouri · 1941

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Gardine v. CotteySupreme Court of Missouri · 1950
  2. Adams v. SimpsonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1948
  3. Lewis v. McCulloughSupreme Court of Missouri · 1967
  4. Burkland v. StarrySupreme Court of Missouri · 1950
  5. Walker v. LarsonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1969

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