Hertrich v. Hertrich
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from, Clayion District Court. — Hon. L. E. Fellows, Judge. Action to set aside and annul the last will of George Hertrich, deceased. There was a trial to a jury, and a verdict and -judgment sustaining the will. The plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtSherwin, J.
1 2 The testator, George Hertrich, left a will dated1 April 10, 1894, which was duly probated, and his estate administered upon, before the commencement of this action, which is to set said will aside, and to probate one executed in 1881, on the ground that George Hertrich was of unsound mind when he executed the last will, and that it was obtained through the undue influence of two of the legatees therein named, Sophia and Frank Hertrich. The appellants offered to prove that before the execution of the 1894 will Frank Hertrich had1 asked a particular friend and confidential adviser of his…
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