Crossan v. Crossan
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Nodaway Circuit Court. — Hon. Gallatin Graicj, Judge. (1) The court rejected proper and legal evidence,, offered by the appellants, to-wit: The evidence of Mrs. Mathers, a daughter, that her “mother claimed in 1892 that real estate in the village of Wilcox, Missouri, to which George held a deed in his name and claimed, was hers,” to show that her mind was diseased, or, that she thought George had robbed her; and the evidence that George, one of the respondents,…
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Appeal from Nodaway Circuit Court. — Hon. Gallatin Graicj, Judge. (1) The court rejected proper and legal evidence,, offered by the appellants, to-wit: The evidence of Mrs. Mathers, a daughter, that her “mother claimed in 1892 that real estate in the village of Wilcox, Missouri, to which George held a deed in his name and claimed, was hers,” to show that her mind was diseased, or, that she thought George had robbed her; and the evidence that George, one of the respondents, declared in 1898 that his mother was demented. Also that George, one day after his mother died, offered Ed Crossan (one…
1Opinion of the CourtGantt, J.
— In this proceeding the will of Mrs. Rebecca Crossan of Nodaway county was contested, and sustained by the verdict of a jury, which was also approved by the circuit court. The contestants have appealed.
The testatrix was quite an old lady at the time she executed her will. All of the witnesses concur in the view that naturally she was a woman of great firmness of character, of fine common sense and unusual business capacity and shrewdness, up to the year 1895, during which year she became very much enfeebled by erysipelas or some other acute disease, which totally destroyed one.of her eyes…
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