Goldthorp v. Goldthorp
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Dubuque District Court. — Hour. Fred O’Donnell, Judge. This is a contest over the probate of the will of Alice Goldthorp, deceased. It is claimed that testatrix lacked mental capacity, and that the will was the result of undue influence. Trial to a jury, verdict and judgment sustaining the will, and defendant (contestant) appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Deemer, J.-
This is the third time this case has been 'before us. The former opinions will be found in 94 Iowa, .336, and 106 Iowa, 722. On the last trial the case was ¡submitted to a jury, with the result above stated. The case ■ comes to us on assignments of error challenging the rulings mf the trial court made during the progress of the case.
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*4332 *432I. Proponents Avere permitted over contestant’s objection to propound this interrogatory to the jurors as they were called: “Would the fact that a person Avho makes a will gives nothing to some one of her children have any influence upon your mind in…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Denning v. ButcherSupreme Court of Iowa · 1894
- Webber v. SullivanSupreme Court of Iowa · 1882
- Geiger v. PayneSupreme Court of Iowa · 1896
- Stephenson v. StephensonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1883
- State v. PickettSupreme Court of Iowa · 1897
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Wood v. WoodWyoming Supreme Court · 1917
- Speer v. SpeerSupreme Court of Iowa · 1909
- Rhodes v. LamarSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1930
- Cox v. ClineSupreme Court of Iowa · 1908
- Croft v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1906
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