Snyder v. Steele

Mary J. Metz died at her home in Rushville, in Schuy- . ler county, on January 12, 1918. On the day before she had signed an instrument which on April 8, 1918, was admitted to probate as her will. Her heirs were a number of cousins, the most of whom joined in a bill to contest the will. A trial in the circuit court resulted in a verdict in favor of the will and some of the ■ complainants have appealed.

Mary J. Metz was an unmarried woman past seventy years of age who had lived in Rushville practically all of her life. She and her sister, Wilhelmina, also unmarried, lived together until the…