Lum v. Lasch
Mississippi Supreme Court
Erom the chancery court of Claiborne county. Hon. J. S. Hicks, chancellor. Lum and others, appellants, propounded the last will and testament of Phillip Lasch, deceased, for probate; Mildred Lasch, appellee, daughter of the testator, filed a caveat against its probate, and an issue contesting the will was made up and tried in the court below, resulting’ in a decree in contestant’s favor, from which the contestees appealed to the supreme court.
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Erom the chancery court of Claiborne county. Hon. J. S. Hicks, chancellor. Lum and others, appellants, propounded the last will and testament of Phillip Lasch, deceased, for probate; Mildred Lasch, appellee, daughter of the testator, filed a caveat against its probate, and an issue contesting the will was made up and tried in the court below, resulting’ in a decree in contestant’s favor, from which the contestees appealed to the supreme court. The facts are stated in- the opinion of the- court. On the first ground of the objection set out in the caveat there was not one word of evidence to…
1Opinion of the Court
Calhoon, T.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
The will of Phillip Lasch was proponded for probate. The *87probate was contested, and the caveat is based on the following grounds: First, because it was inspired by prejudice and hate of the testator against his only child, the contestant herein, which prejudice and hate were inspired by Daphne Goza, the beneficiary herein; second, because the execution of the wlil was obtained by improper and undue influence exerted on him by the beneficiary therein; third, because the same was not properly executed; fourth, because the decedent was not of…
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