In re the Probate of the Will of Pinney
Supreme Court of Minnesota
• Appeal by the proponents of the will (the executors named therein) from an order of the district court for Hennepin county, Young, J., presiding, refusing a new trial.-
1Opinion of the CourtGilfillan, C. J.
Ovid Pinney, over eighty years of age, made his will March 22, 1872, and died November 4., 1878. The will was presented for probate in the probate court of Hennepin county, and was contested- on the ground of the mental incapacity of Pinney, and of undue influence exercised by certain persons named. It was, however, allowed and admitted to probate by the probate court. Prom the decree ■allowing it, the contestants appealed to the district court. In that court, issues upon the mental capacity of the testator, and the undue influence alleged, were framed and tried by a jury, who found that the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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